An Israeli tank drives near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip Photo: APHamas Rules Out Extending Truce -- Yahoo News/AFP
GAZA CITY (AFP) – Hamas on Thursday ruled out renewing the truce in and around Gaza and insisted the Islamist rulers of the Palestinian territory have a duty to respond to any attack by Israel.
"There is no possibility of renewing the truce which ends on December 19 (Friday). The Zionist enemy destroyed it," Fawzi Barhum told AFP as violence flared around the Gaza Strip one day before the ceasefire was to expire.
"We at Hamas have the right to respond to any Zionist aggression against the Palestinian people. It's a national duty," he said, adding however that the Islamist movement would act "according to the situation on the ground."
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