| July 1, 2008 The Hamas Movement stated
Tuesday that the Israeli decision to close the Gaza crossings is
a violation of the truce agreement and aimed to blackmail the
Palestinian factions and the Palestinian people, adding that
this decision is crippling to Egypt's role.
In a statement, Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said that this
was a clear retreat by the Israeli occupation from the calm
agreement and fully in line with what was stated Monday by
Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni that the opening of the
crossings was conditional on the release of captive soldier
Gilad Shalit.
Barhoum underlined that Hamas along with the Palestinian
factions will mull over these developments and the daily Israeli
violations, the latest of which was when IOF troops wounded
seriously a Palestinian woman called Aisha Attaya.
The Israeli government announced its intention to close the Gaza
crossings today at the pretext that a Palestinian rocket had
landed Monday on the Sderot settlement located in the
Palestinian lands occupied 1948.
In a new development, a commander of Al-Quds Brigades, the armed
wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, called Ala'a Abulrab
survived at dawn Tuesday an attempted assassination carried out
by an Israeli special force which ambushed him in the eastern
cemetery of Nablus.
Immediately after the failure of the assassination, a large
number of IOF troops boarding military armored vehicles stormed
the city amid intensive gunfire and bombardment and embarked on
breaking into and ransacking houses before withdrawal.
A senior Islamic Jihad source had said Monday that the PA
security apparatuses in Jenin stormed a house in the Masjid area
in an attempt to arrest the Islamic Jihad commander Abulrab, but
he skillfully escaped.
If Israel did not respond to our demands,
Shalit would never be released
Dr. Ismail Radwan, a prominent Hamas leader, highlighted that
Israeli captive soldier Gilad Shalit would not be released even
after one hundred years unless Israel responded to the
Palestinian demands.
Dr. Radwan stressed that Hamas will never negotiate the demands
of the Palestinian resistance regarding the prisoner swap deal
which stipulate the release of all imprisoned women, children
and those who are serving high sentences.
The Hamas leader said in another context that the Movement's
leadership is in touch with the Egyptian side to urge it to
release a number of its cadres who are imprisoned in Egyptian
jails without trial or charge.
The Hamas leader underlined that it is inconceivable that Egypt
calls for the release of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails
while there are still Palestinians in its jails; besides, Egypt
is the truce agreement broker and has an ethical and
administrative obligation towards the calm. |
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