Hamas concerned over Israeli army actions against resistance

Tuesday December 25, 2007 20:59 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC&Agencies

A senior leader and spokesperson of Hamas in southern Gaza, Ahmad Arreqeb, stated Tuesday that his movement takes the Israeli threats, to target Hamas's leaders, seriously.

Hamas Logo/ archive photo

"Such Israeli plans have been boosted up by the last Month's Annapolis conference in Washington" said Arreqeb.

He believed that the latest Israeli government suspension of a large ground offensive on Gaza and intensification of target-killing air strikes, a 'gesture' of Israeli failure to encounter the Palestinian resistance on the ground.

Arreqeb confirmed that the Palestinian resistance has recently obtained new techniques that are capable of meeting the Palestinian aspirations to end the Israeli occupation.

Recently, Israeli media reports revealed that the Israeli military has been scaling capabilities of Palestinian resistance factions, in light of last week's attack on a central Gaza Strip's town, which left five soldiers wounded, including one critically.

Since September, Israeli army has stepped up attacks on Palestinian resistance factions across the Hamas-run coastal region, involving Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and the Popular Resistance Committees.

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