Hamas says the cease-fire could officially end on Friday. Never mind the 11 rockets yesterday.
Dec. 17, 2008
Hamas is maintaining that the cease-fire with Israel hasn’t really ended. Mahmoud al-Zahar, leader of the militant Islamic group, said Israel must let more food, fuel and other goods into the Gaza Strip, otherwise the cease-fire will officially crumble.
“Until Friday, we’re still committed, but after that, no one can tell,” he told Bloomberg news. “The general mood of all the Palestinian factions is negative.”
Hundreds of rockets a month have been tallied since the cease-fire, but somehow Hamas considers it intact.
Zahar also lauded the Iraqi journalist throw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a Baghdad press conference on Dec. 14. Zahar said he isn’t expecting U.S. policy to change under President-elect Barack Obama.
“He is 100 percent pro-Israeli and his positions are unacceptable,” Zahar said.
Zahar conducted the interview near two sport-utility vehicles parked inside his Gaza home’s study to quickly escape an Israeli strike.
In a rally with 300,000 in Gaza City, Hamas taunted Israel with an actor portraying captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit as begging for his life. Photographs of the actor graced the covers of Israel’s top-selling newspapers.
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