PRESSTV] The Paleostinian resistance movement Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, has rejected Israel's claim that it launched a rocket which hit a house north of Tel Aviv and maimed seven settlers."No one from the resistance movements, including Hamas, has an interest in firing rockets from the Gazoo Strip towards the enemy," a Hamas official, who asked not to be named, told AFP on Monday.
He added that the same message had been conveyed to Egypt, which intervened to broker a ceasefire and prevent Israel from launching another war on Gazoo after tensions escalated last year.
His remarks evoked the possibility that the rocket strike may have been caused by "bad weather."
Earlier on Monday, Israeli authorities said a long-range rocket launched from the Gazoo Strip had struck Mishmeret, a settlement north of Tel Aviv, wounding seven settlers.
Israel's military said the rocket was fired by Hamas from the Rafah area in the south of Gazoo.
The incident had forced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cut short his trip to Washington as he pledged to "respond with force" to the rocket attack.