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November 26, 2006
Islamic Palestine: Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Claim Rocket Attacks
Twelve hours after truce is declared, truce is broken. Sadly, I don't think it's a record: Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim post-truce rocket attacks
Gaza/Tel Aviv - The armed wings of the Islamic Jihad and the Hamas movement claimed responsibility Sunday for firing five rockets at the southern Israel town of Sderot after a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians was to have gone into effect.
'We claim responsibility for launching rockets as a natural reaction to what the Zionist occupation is doing, including incursions, assassinations and arrests in the West Bank,' a leaflet issued by the Islamic Jihad said.'We reiterate that there is no space to speak about a truce amid the continuation of the Zionist aggression on all our territories,' the leaflet went on.
Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz said that the latest rocket attacks were a clear breach of the ceasefire agreement, and Israel would react harshly to every attack.[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at November 26, 2006 2:21 PM
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