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| PRC: Gaza truce may end in 3 weeks if no progress on crossings |
| 2008-08-08 |
| The Popular Resistance Committees Palestinian militant group on Thursday warned Israel that the truce between Hamas and Israel in Gaza could end in three weeks time if no progress is made on the crossings and the release of prisoners. The truce between Israel and Hamas went into effect on June 19. "The Zionist occupation (Israel) has not yet agreed to the demand to release our prisoners so our fighters are preparing for the next round in which we will try to abduct more Israeli soldiers to swap them for our hero prisoners," Abu Attaya, spokesman of the PRC's armed wing, told Reuters. Advertisement On Thursday, the PRC allowed Reuters and other news organizations to film a live ammunition training exercise. Gunmen detonated bombs and opened fire while storming a mock Israeli army base built on the ruins of a former Jewish settlement in the southern Gaza Strip. Abu Mujahed, one of the group's leaders, told dozens of guerillas undergoing military training that Hamas, the PRC and other factions were disappointed at Israel's slow progress in opening Gaza's border crossings and prisoner release talks. "[Israel] has until the end of the tenth week [since the declaration of the ceasefire] and if they do not abide by the obligations of calm, politicians will stop talking and military men will act," Abu Mujahed said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 they better get this shit outta their system before Omellette leaves office. |
| Posted by: Frank G on the road 2008-08-08 21:45 |