Aljazeera received on Wednesday a copy of a joint announcement issued by Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas and Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in which they claimed responsibility for the Erez border attack. The statement said the operation was carried out by Reem Salih al-Rayashi, a 22-year-old from Gaza city. Speaking to Aljazeera from Gaza Strip, Abd al-Aziz al-Rantissi, a member of the political bureau of Hamas on Thursday said Hamas had absolutely rejected a US proposal calling for Hamas to stop resistance in return for protection for their leaders. "Hamas leaders are ready to die as martyrs and any talk about peaceful good solutions is useless."
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