Hamas urges Israel in rare direct appeal to halt attacks on Gaza

Palestinian official says militant groups agree to Arab/UN proposal for cease-fire; Netanyahu: Response will be 'most harsh' if rocket attacks continue.

Personally I would bomb the Crap out of Palestine Hamas Targets One more time then say O.K. No Problem.



Haaretz.com
A senior Hamas official on Sunday made a rare direct appeal to the Israeli public to halt the current round of cross-border fighting, after a weekend of deadly violence left 19 Palestinians dead.

"We are interested in calm but want the Israeli military to stop its operations," Hamas Deputy Foreign Minister Ghazi Hamad said in an interview on Israel Radio, adding that the group would cease its rocket attacks if Israel halted its military operations against Gaza militants.

A senior Hamas official on Sunday made a rare direct appeal to the Israeli public to halt the current round of cross-border fighting, after a weekend of deadly violence left 19 Palestinians dead.

"We are interested in calm but want the Israeli military to stop its operations," Hamas Deputy Foreign Minister Ghazi Hamad said in an interview on Israel Radio, adding that the group would cease its rocket attacks if Israel halted its military operations against Gaza militants.
Gaza militants at press conference - AP - April 3, 2011

Masked Palestinian militants from various groups, including the Islamic Hamas movement, attend a press conference in Gaza City on April 3, 2011.
Photo by: AP

Another Palestinian official said that militant groups in the Gaza Strip had agreed to Arab and United Nations proposals for a truce with Israel, and said they were told that Israel had also agreed in principle. Israel had no immediate comment.

Nineteen Palestinian militants and civilians in Hamas Islamist ruled Gaza have been killed sine Israel launched a series of air raids on Thursday after the critical wounding of a teenager by an anti-tank rocket that was fired at a school bus.

Palestinian militants fired approximately 120 rockets and mortars at Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip over the course of the weekend, with tens of thousands of people spending the past few nights in reinforced rooms.