UN school in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip Photo: AFP/Getty Israel Prepares For Ceasefire Vote Amid Hamas
Warning -- Yahoo News/AFP
Warning -- Yahoo News/AFP
GAZA CITY (AFP) – Israel pummelled Gaza with new strikes on Saturday ahead of an expected unilateral halt to a 22-day-old war on Hamas, which vowed to fight on as long as troops remained in the battered enclave.
The Israeli security cabinet was to convene later on Saturday to consider ordering a halt to its offensive which has killed more than 1,200 Palestinians and left much of Gaza in ruins.
But even before any official announcement, Hamas said they would not be laying down their arms as Israel still planned to keep its troops in Gaza.
"This unilateral ceasefire does not foresee a withdrawal" by the Israeli army, Osama Hemdan, the movement's Lebanon representative, told AFP. "As long as it remains in Gaza, resistance and confrontation will continue."
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Opinions, Commentaries, And Editorials
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Beyond Gaza - Washington Post editorial
Trauma and Terror in Gaza -- Sami Abdel-Shafi, The Guardian
Middle East: Beyond Gaza -- Washington Post
How Iran Fits In with Gaza -- The Economist