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| Hamas: Gilad Schalit could turn into another Ron Arad |
| 2008-01-17 |
| If Israel continues to intensify its military campaign in the Gaza Strip, than Hamas will change it's policy regarding kidnapped IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Schalit, Osama Mazini, the Hamas official in charge of negotiations over the captured soldier, said on Wednesday. "We will not be able to quietly take the continuation of assassinations and raids that the enemy is conducting in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank," Mazini said during an interview on the Hamas television station, Al-Aksa, warning that there is "no doubt" that such activity "affects the Schalit affair." Mazini said that "it is very possible that we will cut off contact," warning that this will turn the issue into something similar to that of missing IAF navigator Ron Arad. The military campaign in Gaza, which Israel launched two days ago in response to ongoing Palestinian rocket fire, also prompted a response from exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, who vowed earlier Wednesday that the captive "will not see light" until Israel frees Palestinian prisoners. "If the enemy thinks that its operations will cause us to give up on our demands, it's mistaken," Mashaal said during a press conference in Damascus. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Khaled, there is more than one way to die. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-01-17 02:56 |