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| Hamas fires rockets toward Israel after terror group rejects truce proposal |
| 2014-07-27 |
| [FOXNEWS] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, said it fired five rockets at Israel late Saturday after rejecting Israel's offer to extend a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire by four hours, casting new doubt on international efforts to broker an end to 19 days of fighting. The terror group said two of the rockets were aimed at Tel Aviv. Police in Israel's second-largest city dispersed a peace rally attended by several thousand people because of the threat, a front man said. Hamas front man Sami Abu Zuhri ...a senior spokesman for Hamas. Zuhri gained notoriety in 2006 when he dropped his money belt containing somewhere between 640,000 and 900,000 euros, which was confiscated by Paleostinian security and customs officials at a routine border crossing from Egypt to Gaza. The news brought competing Hamas and Fatah forces to the crossing checkpoint for an epic face-making and hollering contest... said the group rejected Israel's proposal to extend an original 12-hour lull by four hours, until midnight (2100 GMT) Saturday. Meanwhile, ...back at the cheese factory, there was only one thought in the mouse's mind: I can do this! I can do this!Then the trap sprung... the Israeli military warned residents of areas where there had been heavy fighting against returning there. Zuhri sent a text message to news hounds Saturday, saying: "No agreement to extending the calm for an additional four hours." Israel has set its own terms for the lull, saying it would continue demolishing Hamas military tunnels under the Gazoo-Israel border. Israeli Cabinent minister Yuval Steinitz, confirmed reports that Israel decided to extend it by four hours, until midnight Saturday The initial lull agreed to by Israel and Hamas had begun at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT) Saturday. He says the decision was made by the Israeli prime minister and defense minister. Steinitz says a further extension would be considered at a Cabinet meeting later Saturday. |
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