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After a day of incendiary balloons, IDF hits Hamas targets in Gaza again

2020-08-24

Incendiary balloon launches continue, as Gaza restrictions tightened [Jpost] Terrorists in the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip continued to launch incendiary and explosive balloons, as Israel reportedly tightened trade restrictions on the Strip. At least 28 fires were sparked by incendiary balloons on Sunday. A power outage was reported in Miflasim and Nir Am in the Gaza envelope on Sunday after an incendiary balloon hit an electrical pole in the area. A backup generator provided power to the two kibbutzim until the electrical line was repaired. Paleostinian media reported on Sunday that Israel had halted the entry of all goods and materials, except for food and medicine, through the Kerem Shalom Crossing. The crossing was closed to fuel and building material imports about 13 days ago. Israeli naval vessels prevented Gaza fisherman from leaving ports along the coast of the Gaza Strip as well, as the fishing zone off the coast remains closed. Video from the Strip showed Israeli vessels relatively close to the coast. Warning shots were fired at fisherman who attempted to exit the ports, according to Paleostinian reports. Senior Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede, official Mushir al-Masri warned that "Gaza is going to explode if Israel does not commit itself to breaking the siege on the Gaza Strip." al-Masri added that mediation efforts are ongoing to stop the deteriorating situation in the Strip. The Hamas official warned that the terrorist group is "not afraid" of Israeli threats and that "there is nothing to lose in the face of the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip. We are going to the maximum extent." Egypt, Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... and the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... continued efforts to reach a de-escalation agreement between Israel and Gaza, as both sides continued to refuse to budge. The Qatari envoy to the Gaza Strip Mohammed al-Emadi is expected to visit the Strip on Tuesday, according to Paleostinian reports. While the terrorist groups in Gaza are demanding that the trade and fishing restrictions be lifted before balloon launches are halted, among other demands, Israel has demanded that the balloon launches be halted before restrictions are lifted. Israel stops importing vehicles into Gaza Strip over incendiary balloons [Jpost] Israel has stopped importing vehicles into the Gazoo Strip due to the continued launch of incendiary balloons into Israel, according to Ynet. This decision came following the continued launch of explosive balloons from the Gaza Strip these last weeks that caused a multitude of fires on Sunday alone. IDF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after explosives, balloons spark 28 fires [IsraelTimes] IDF hits military posts, underground infrastructure after 2 suspected explosive devices were found in southern Israel, balloons spark fires. Israeli warplanes, tanks and drones attacked Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", targets in the Gazoo Strip before dawn on Monday in response to repeated arson balloon attacks launched into Israel, the army said. The Israel Defense Forces said it attacked "military posts and underground infrastructure of the Hamas terror group in southern Gaza." It said the strikes came in response to the launching of explosive-laden and arson balloons into Israel on Sunday. Two suspected bombs were found Sunday in southern Israel after apparently being flown into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip, as balloon attacks continued throughout the day, according to officials from the Eshkol Regional Council. "One device was found next to a playground and a second was found in a tree. In both cases, a police sapper was called. No damage or injuries were caused," an Eshkol spokesperson said. Hamas is under immense international pressure — from Qatar, Egypt and UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov — to halt its attacks, alongside pressure from the Gazook public which is getting only 3-4 hours of electricity per day after becoming used to more than three times that amount, after Israel ended fuel imports in response to the violence. But analysts say Hamas believes Israel is not interested in a round of violence at this time, leading the group to toughen its demands.

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Tunisia arrests two Bosnians in 2016 killing of Hamas drone expert

2018-12-13

Bosnians? He probably trifled with someone’s sister... or looked at her too long. [IsraelTimes] Gazoo-based terror group has blamed Israel’s Mossad for the liquidation of Mohammed al-Zoari, one of its top scientists Tunisia announced on Tuesday that it locked away Book 'im, Mahmoud! two suspects over the 2016 liquidation of Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", drone expert Mohammed al-Zoari. It identified the two men as Bosnian nationals Albert Sarak and Alain Kamedi, the Walla news site reported. The December 15, 2016, liquidation of al-Zoari was widely blamed on Israel’s Mossad, including by the Hamas terror group, which acknowledged after the killing that Zoari was a central figure in its weapons development apparatus and called him a pioneer in developing its unmanned drones. Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said this week the two suspects entered Tunisia via a sea port on December 8, 2016, a week before the killing. The men allegedly claimed to be representatives of tour companies, and toured the Djerba area and the south of the country. Officials allege that the two planned the killing for 18 months, and had used Tunisian citizens in the operation. The latest claims follow Tunisian authorities’ announcement in May that they had arrested a suspect in the liquidation, whom Arab media outlets say was nabbed in Croatia on March 13. It’s not clear what the latest announcement means for the claim, voiced by numerous Arab outlets, that Israel was behind the killing. There was no immediate report of a connection between the Bosnian suspects and Israeli espionage bodies. Shortly after the liquidation, a senior Hamas official, Mushir al-Masri, told a Tunisian radio station that "the Zionist enemy" was the only party likely to benefit from the liquidation of Zoari, and that Mossad had a long history of killing experts with capability to develop military technology, especially those related to developing UAVs. Israel does not want such capabilities to reach Paleostinian organizations in Gazoo, Masri said. Hamas has also blamed Israel for the killing of its rocket scientist Fadi al-Batsh, 35, in Malaysia in April. Zoari, an aviation scientist and engineer with longstanding links to Hamas, was rubbed out at point-blank range on December 15, 2016, in the Tunisian city of Sfax. Zoari was said to have helped Hamas develop unmanned drones. He was shot multiple times ‐ some reports said as many as 20 bullets were fired at him ‐ while sitting in his car near his home. A senior Tunisian journalist said at the time that the Mossad had been tracking Zoari for quite some time, and was responsible for his liquidation. Israel’s Channel 2 news said Zoari was reported to have received death threats because of his Paleostinian terror links. However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... Channel 2 also quoted Tunisian security officials as saying that the investigation of the death did not immediately suggest an liquidation by a foreign intelligence agency. There was no official Israeli response to the reports. Al Jazeera’s take ignores non-Mossad possibilities: On December 15, 2016, a 49-year-old Tunisian man was rubbed out outside his home in Sfax, 270 kilometres south-east of Tunis. Mohammed al-Zawari had been known locally as an aviation engineer interested in drone technology, but in fact, he had led a double life, heading a drone development project for the military wing of Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",, the Qassam Brigades. According to Al Jazeera Arabic's investigation by Tamer Almisshal, several parties were involved in a coordinated plot against al-Zawari, who up until his death was called 'Mourad' by many of those who knew him, including his wife. Almisshal believes it has all the hallmarks of an extrajudicial killing by Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad, but these cases are notoriously difficult to prove and must for the moment remain speculation. Al-Zawari first left Tunisia in 1991 as a dissident against the regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. He managed to travel using a fake passport and worked in a military manufacturing installation in Sudan. He only returned home after the 2011 revolution that forced Ben Ali out of the country. Shortly after his death, Hamas announced that the drone expert had worked for the Qassam Brigades for a decade. They credited him with developing the Ababeel drones used against Israel in Gazoo in the summer of 2014. "By the 2008 Israeli aggression against Gazoo, the team had manufactured 30 drones in an Iranian military factory," according to a Qassam Brigades member going by the name of 'Abu Mohammed'. Another Brigades member, Abu Mujahid, says drones were important to them because "we can conduct it with precision against military targets and avoid civilians." As well as building drones, al-Zawari did innovative research into remote-controlled submarines, as potential combat devices for the Qassam Brigades. Israeli journalist Moav Vardi went to Tunisia to investigate the Zawari case. "It's not a criminal liquidation by a gang, or a neighbour's quarrel," he says. "From what it seems, Israel has the interest and the ability to carry out such an operation." There have been other alleged Mossad liquidations outside Israeli territory. For instance, Israel admitted responsibility for the 1988 killing of a senior Paleostinian commander Abu Jihad, whose real name was Khalil al-Wazir, at his home in Tunis, Tunisia. Wazir was a friend and deputy to then Paleostinian chief Yasser Arafat, who headed the Paleostine Liberation Organisation (PLO). Mossad is also alleged to have been behind the 2010 murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel. He was the Hamas logistics commander for the Qassam Brigades; and of the Black September founder Ali Hassan Salameh, or The Red Prince, using a car loaded with heavy explosives in Beirut in 1979. In March 2018, two men were jugged Please don't kill me! in connection with Zawari's murder, Croatian Alen Camdzic and Bosnian Elvir Sarac. In May, Croatia's highest court blocked Camdzic's extradition to Tunisia and Sarac was released after a Bosnian court refused to hand him over to Tunisia, saying there was no extradition deal between the countries. Until the Tunisian authorities manage to extradite the two men, the case of the murder of Mohammed al-Zawari cannot begin to be resolved - whoever was behind it.

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IDF strikes Hamas targets after Gaza rocket hits Israeli town

2017-12-19

[IsraelTimes] Planes target training camp in the northern Strip, destroying six facilities belonging to the Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, terrorist organization including buildings and 'terror infrastructure' Israel carried out a series of Arclight airstrikes against Hamas targets in Gazoo overnight Sunday-Monday, the army said, in retaliation for a volley of rockets fired at Israel from the Paleostinian enclave. In a statement, the IDF spokesperson said Israeli planes targeted a training camp in the northern Gazoo Strip, destroying six separate facilities belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization including buildings and "terror infrastructure." The army "will not allow attacks or attempted attacks on citizens," the statement said. Earlier, the army confirmed that three two rockets were launched from the Gazoo Strip Sunday night, two striking the Hof Ashkelon region inside Israel and a third falling withing the Hamas-controlled territory. Police said that one rocket hit inside an Israeli community, and the other struck an open field nearby, causing neither damage nor injury. The rocket fire came two days after an attack in which a missile was fired at Israel, but fell short and struck a house belonging to an Egyptian family in the northern Gazoo city of Beit Hanoun, according to the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, which acts as Israel’s military liaison to the Paleostinians. "Once again, the terror groups launch rockets at the residents of Gazoo," COGAT said. A Hadashot news report said the rocket damaged the home of the brother of a senior Hamas official, Mushir al-Masri. *Snicker.* On Wednesday, a rocket fired at Israel from Gazoo also fell inside the Paleostinian territory and hit a public school, damaging a classroom, Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, who heads COGAT, said at the time. Once the rockets go up Who cares where they come down, That’s not my department Said Wernher von Braun.

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Mossad blamed as Tunisian scientist ‘with Hamas ties’ killed near his home

2016-12-17

[IsraelTimes] Senior Tunisian journalist says Israeli intelligence was tracking Mohammed al-Zoari, who helped terror group build drones. Mohammed al-Zoari, an aviation scientist and engineer with links to Paleostinian terror group Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, was rubbed out at point-blank range on Thursday in the Tunisian city of Sfax, Hebrew outlets quoted Arabic media as saying Friday evening. According to reports on Israel’s Channel 10 and Army Radio, unknown assailants shot Zoari, who was said to have helped Hamas develop unmanned drones, multiple times when he was sitting in his car near his home. The reports said between three and seven bullets were found in his body. According to Channel 10, a senior Tunisian journalist said the Israeli spy agency Mossad had been tracking Zoari for quite some time, and was responsible for his liquidation. Israel’s Channel 2 news said Zoari was reported to have received death threats because of his Paleostinian terror links. However, by candlelight every wench is handsome... Channel 2 also quoted Tunisian security officials as saying that the investigation of the death did not currently suggest an liquidation by a foreign intelligence agency. There was no official Israeli response to the reports. The Tunisian interior ministry tossed in the slammer Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! five nationals on allegations of involvement with the killing, Channel 10 reported. Zoari was known for his ties with Hamas and was credited with helping the group develop unmanned aerial vehicles. Channel 2 showed footage of him working on what appeared to be small drones. Later Friday, a senior Hamas official, Mushir al-Masri, told a Tunisian radio station that "the Zionist enemy" was the only party likely to benefit from the liquidation of Zoari, and that Mossad had a long history of killing experts with capability to develop military technology, especially those related to developing UAVs. Israel does not want such capabilities to reach Paleostinian organizations in Gazoo, Masri said, according to Israel Radio. He did not confirm Tunisian reports that Zoari was tied to Hamas.

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Hamas threatens Tel Aviv

2016-11-17

[ISRAELNATIONALNEWS] The Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, terror group is continuing its military build-up, a bigwig in the organization claims, and now possesses a large stockpile of powerful, long-range missiles capable of wreaking havoc across large swaths of Israel. Speaking at a memorial service marking the fourth anniversary of the assassination'>assassination of al-Qassam commander Ahmed Jabri, Mushir al-Masri, a Hamas official and spokesperson for the group, declared that the terror organization possed "hundreds and even thousands of missiles that can blow up Tel Aviv and even [targets] beyond it." Al-Masri also touched upon the two fallen Israeli soldiers, Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, whose bodies have been held by Hamas since 2014, saying that they would not be released, except as part of negotiated deal, on terms determined by Hamas. The Hamas leader rejected what it claimed were efforts by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to extract information on the two fallen soldiers, and remained confident that a deal will ultimately be reached that is beneficial to the terrorist group.

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Facebook Sued for $1 Billion for Alleged Use of Medium for Terror

2016-07-11

Lawyers filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Facebook Inc., alleging it allowed the Palestinian militant Hamas group to use the platform to plot attacks that killed four Americans and wounded one in Israel, the West Bank and Jerusalem. "Facebook has knowingly provided material support and resources to Hamas in the form of Facebook's online social network platform and communication services," making it liable for the violence against the five Americans, according to the lawsuit sent to Bloomberg by the office of the Israeli lawyer on the case, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner. "Simply put, Hamas uses Facebook as a tool for engaging in terrorism," it said. Not just Hamas. Hamas is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S., European Union and Israel. The suit said the group used Facebook to share operational and tactical information with members and followers, posting notices of upcoming demonstrations, road closures, Israeli military actions and instructions to operatives to carry out the attacks. Mushir al-Masri, a senior Hamas leader, said by phone that "suing Facebook clearly shows the American policy of fighting freedom of the press and expression" and is evidence of U.S. prejudice against the group and "its just cause." That might be true if FB didn't suppress the opposing side of things. Facebook in March took down a page promoting a new Palestinian uprising against Israel because it made "direct calls for violence," in violation of company polices. It declined to comment on the legal proceedings. Whereas indicating where terrorists should strike should they happen to have free time in their busy schedules between the kids' soccer matches and tunneling competitions is an entirely different matter. Gabriel Weimann, an expert on terrorism on the internet at Haifa University, said technology would be more effective than litigation in discouraging the use of social media for violent purposes. The focus should be on developing faster ways to detect problematic messages so they can be blocked immediately before they go viral, he said. "Facebook isn't the only platform," he said. "There are plenty of others. What will you do? Sue them all?" That could be arranged. The suit was submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on July 10. Plaintiffs include the families of Yaakov Naftali Fraenkel, a 16-year-old abducted and murdered in June 2014 after hitching a ride in the West Bank, and 3-year-old Chaya Braun, whose stroller was struck intentionally by a Palestinian driver in October 2014 at a train station in Jerusalem. In February 2015, a jury at the same court concluded that the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization aided in six attacks on Americans in Israel more than a decade ago, and ordered them to pay $218.5 million to the victims and their families. The damages were tripled under a U.S. anti-terrorism law. The Palestinian bodies claimed they weren't responsible for the unapproved acts of low-level employees who participated in the attacks.

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Egypt starts dig on Gaza border to stop smuggling tunnels

2015-09-01

[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Egyptian military bulldozers are digging through the sand along Egypt's border with the Gazoo Strip in recent days, pressing ahead with what appears to be a renewed campaign to pressure Gazoo's Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, rulers and stamp out Death Eater activity along the border. The project, billed as an Egyptian military-operated fish farm, effectively would fill the border area with water and is designed to put an end to the last remaining cross-border underground smuggling tunnels, Egyptian military officials said. Hamas accuses Egypt of further isolating the beleaguered Paleostinian territory. The new excavations seem to be "a tightening of the grip of siege on Gazoo," Hamas official Mushir al-Masri said. Egypt "should not slide into this cliff that agrees with the Israeli policies of siege." Israel and Egypt have maintained a blockade of the territory since the Islamic Death Eater group Hamas seized control of Gazoo in 2007. For several years, Egypt tolerated a smuggling industry, allowing hundreds of tunnels to bring in goods like cigarettes and spare cycle of violence parts, as well as weapons. These tunnels were a lifeline for Hamas, which collected millions of dollars in taxes and revenues from the smuggled goods. They continued to thrive after longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... was ousted in 2011 and the Islamist Mohammed Morsi won the country's first free presidential election. But things changed after the Egyptian army ousted Morsi, a key ally of Hamas, in 2013. The military-backed government accused Islamic bully boyz of using smuggling tunnels to move between Gazoo and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Hamas denies bully boyz move in and out of its territory. Last November, after bully boyz killed 31 Egyptian troops in an assault on a checkpoint 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Rafah, Egypt demolished hundreds of homes and evicted thousands of residents as it carved out a buffer zone and destroyed more tunnels. Today, Paleostinian smugglers operate an estimated 20 tunnels. But the violence has continued. Last month, Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... -linked bully boyz struck Egyptian army outposts in a coordinated wave of suicide kabooms and battles. It was some of Sinai's deadliest fighting in decades and underlined the government's failure to stem the insurgency. Last week, three gunnies in a speeding car killed two coppers in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. Now Egypt is trying to finish off the tunnels for good. Egypt's army began digging last week what officials said will be 18 fisheries along the 9-mile (14-kilometer) border with Gazoo to grow mullet fish and shrimps, and to make digging underground tunnels impossible. The military officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

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Egyptian court declares Hamas a 'terrorist organization'

2015-03-01

[THEGLOBEANDMAIL] An Egyptian court declared Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, a "terrorist organization" on Saturday, further isolating the rulers of the Gazoo Strip who once found a warm welcome under the country's past Islamist government. And in Israel there was much rejoicing. Except on the Left, which will worry that Hamas would lose all motivation to negotiate for peace. Hamas losing all motivation to negotiate for peace? Don't worry, the Iranians will get them back into line at the peace processor... The ruling by Judge Mohammed el-Sayed of the Court For Urgent Matters described Hamas as targeting both civilians and security forces inside Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula and aiming to harm the country. The Sinai has been under increasing attack by Islamic Death Eaters since the Egyptian military ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013. "It has been proven without any doubt that the movement has committed acts of sabotage, liquidations and the killing of innocent civilians and members of the armed forces and police in Egypt," the judge's ruling said, according to state news agency MENA. In Gazoo, Hamas official Mushir al-Masri condemned the decision and urged Egypt to reverse course. "This ruling serves the Israeli occupation. It's a politicized decision that constitutes the beginning of Egypt evading its role toward the Paleostinian cause," he said. "This is a coup against history and an Egyptian abuse of the Paleostinian cause and resistance, which fights on behalf of the Arab nation. We call on Egypt to reconsider this dangerous decision."

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Van Rams Pedestrians in Jerusalem, One Killed

2014-11-05

A van rammed into a group of pedestrians waiting for Jerusalem's Light Rail, killing one person and wounding a number of others, in what seems to be an additional terror attack on Wednesday. The suspected terrorist was identified as a Hamas operative from East Jerusalem. Hamas has taken responsibility for Wednesday's deadly terror attack and spokesman Mushir al-Masri praised the terrorist, saying that that it was an act of revenge “for al-Aqsa and for the blood of those who guard Al-Aqsa.” Update from Ynet at 4:41pm ET: Terrorist known Hamas member, brother of terrorist freed in Shalit deal [Ynet] Ibrahim al-Akari – terrorist behind Jerusalem's terror attack – is a known Hamas operative from East Jerusalem; his brother was freed from prison as part of Shalit prisoner exchange deal after murdering Nissim Toledano. Ibrahim al-Akari, the suspected driver in Wednesday's deadly terror attack which saw one Israeli killed and at least 14 wounded, is a known Hamas operative, and his brother was serving a life sentence for murdering an Israeli police officer until he was freed in the Shalit prisoner exchange deal. Akari rammed his van into a group of Border Patrol forces and then continued to plow into a group of pedestrians, only to continue his attack on foot, attempting to hit pedestrians with a metal rod. He was then shot and killed by the police. Akari is said to be a known Hamas operative from Shuafat, a flashpoint East Jerusalem neighborhood which has been scene to numerous clashes between Palestinians and security forces. He is the brother of Musa Akari, who was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences for his role in the murder of Israeli police officer Nissim Toledano in 1992. He was released as part of the prisoner exchange deal that saw Gilad Shalit go free from Hamas captivity after five years, and was deported to Turkey. Toledano was kidnapped on December 13, 1992 on his way to the Border Control headquarters, and ransom demands were made some two hours later. Toledano's body was then found near Kfar Adomim and a massive wave of arrests followed. Toledano's daughter wrote that "I am in shock, I just learned that the man behind today's terror attack is the brother of the terrorist that killed my dad. 21 years have passed, but nothing changes. When we free terrorists with blood on their hands, we're just shooting ourselves in the foot," Sapir Halutz wrote.

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Hamas: war not over until demands met

2014-08-08

Gaza City –- A senior Hamas official told supporters at a Gaza City rally on Thursday that the war with Israel won't be over until the group's demands for a lifting of the Gaza blockade are met, insisting that its fighters would never give up their arms. "Our fingers are on the trigger and our rockets are trained at Tel Aviv," the official, Mushir al-Masri said, as Egypt struggled to broker a lasting truce between Israel and Hamas, with an Egyptian official saying that Gaza-based militants were refusing to compromise. Hamas has demanded the lifting of an Israeli and Egyptian blockade imposed on the coastal territory after the Islamic militant group seized power in 2007. Israel has said the militants must disarm first, which al-Masri insisted was out of the question. "The war is not over yet. Our men are still in the field, manning forward positions, our fingers are on the trigger, and our rockets are trained on Tel Aviv, and Lod and beyond," he told several thousand supporters in the first mass rally since the fighting began on July 8. "It is out of the question that the weapons of the resistance should be on the negotiating table. They have not been put on the table, and God willing, they will never be." Al-Masri insisted fighters are "in good shape" despite the nearly monthlong war and still had tunnels extending into Israel that could be used for attacks if Hamas' demands are not met. The Egyptian security official said the Palestinian delegation's stance had hardened after the arrival in Cairo of Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders from the Gaza Strip. He said Azzam al-Ahmad, the leader of the delegation and the representative of Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, had threatened to withdraw from the talks if the two militant groups do not show more "flexibility," adding that the delegation, which was supposed to leave Cairo on Thursday, would stay through the weekend. Palestinian delegates could not immediately be reached for comment.

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Hamas Says It Will Continue Fight After Ceasefire

2014-08-08

[TIME] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, reiterated late Thursday that it plans to continue fighting after a temporary cease-fire ends Friday morning, if its demands are not met. "The resistance is ready to pay the price and the people are behind the resistance," Abu Obaida, a front man for the military wing of Hamas, said on Hamas-run television, CNN reports. "We are ready for a long war." Earlier Thursday, Hamas held a public rally in Gazoo City and a top Hamas official, Mushir al-Masri, declared to the crowd that Hamas would continue to fight until the seven-year-old blockade on Gazoo by Israel and Egypt is lifted, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reports. A three-day truce mediated by Egypt has largely quieted the three-week-long conflict that killed more than 1,860 Paleostinians, mostly civilians, and 64 Israeli soldiers and three civilians in Israel. The truce is scheduled to end Friday at 8 a.m. local time, though representatives of Hamas and other Paleostinian factions are in Cairo indirectly negotiating with Israel for a permanent ceasefire. But hours before the ceasefire is set to end, talks have faltered, with Hamas demanding an end to the blockade and Israel saying the gunnies must first disarm, a condition Hamas has so far rejected.

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US warns Israel ally against Gaza ground assault

2014-07-15

[Al Ahram] Washington warned its Israeli ally Monday against any ground invasion of Gazoo, as Egyptian officials said the US top diplomat was headed to the region to join efforts to end a week of deadly violence. The White House stopped short of criticising Israel over the civilian casualty toll from its devastating air and artillery bombardment of the densely populated Paleostinian enclave that has drawn flak from the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... and human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... watchdogs. It said the Israeli government had the "right" and "responsibility" to defend its citizens against rocket attacks by its Islamist foe Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, from its Gazoo stronghold. But it said even more civilians would be put at risk were Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to heed hardliners in his governing coalition and send in troops and armour. With Israel's punishing air campaign in its seventh day, the corpse count in Paleostine's Gazoo strip hit 177, prompting growing calls for a ceasefire which have so far showed little sign of progress. Ahead of an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo, Hamas shot down hopes of a deal to end the violence, saying no serious moves had been made. "Talk of a ceasefire requires real and serious efforts, which we haven't seen so far," Hamas MP Mushir al-Masri told AFP in Gazoo City. "Any ceasefire must be based on the conditions we have outlined. Nothing less than that will be accepted," he said, in a show of defiance in the face of the withering Israeli bombardment. Israel has said it is not ready to countenance a ceasefire either, as it seeks to deal ever harsher blows to Hamas and stamp out its capacity to fire rockets against it from Gazoo.

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