Palestinian Hamas supporters attend a rally marking the 21st anniversary of Hamas in Gaza December 14, 2008. Hamas will not renew a truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip that expires later this month, said a statement issued by the group in the Syrian capital on Sunday. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA)From The Washington Post:
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The exiled leader of Hamas was quoted as saying on Sunday that the Palestinian Islamist group would not renew a six-month-old truce with Israel that expires on Friday, but other Hamas officials were less definitive.
"There will be no renewal of the calm after it expires," a statement issued in Damascus quoted Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal as telling a television station run by the group.
Meshaal is based in the Syrian capital. The statement gave no more detail.
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My Comment: There never really has been a truce ..... It appears that Hamas is getting ready to resume a new offensive against Israel, and are calculating that a President Obama may be sympathetic to their cause.