By Aaron Klein
JERUSALEM - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and top members of his Fatah party have been strongly lobbying Israel behind the scenes to continue the Jewish state's military offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, WND has learned.
Informed diplomats in Jerusalem said Abbas and other top PA officials are concerned the Israel Defense Forces did not mount a strong enough campaign against their Hamas rivals, who in 2007 seized complete control of the Gaza Strip from Abbas' U.S.-backed Fatah forces.
On Sunday, while Hamas signaled it was willing to enter a cease-fire with Israel, WND reported members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Fatah's declared military wing, took responsibility for a barrage of five rockets and five mortars fired from the Gaza Strip that day. The attack lightly wounded two Israeli soldiers and one civilian. One of the rockets reportedly landed between two Jewish kindergartens. Read more ...
JERUSALEM - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and top members of his Fatah party have been strongly lobbying Israel behind the scenes to continue the Jewish state's military offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, WND has learned.
Informed diplomats in Jerusalem said Abbas and other top PA officials are concerned the Israel Defense Forces did not mount a strong enough campaign against their Hamas rivals, who in 2007 seized complete control of the Gaza Strip from Abbas' U.S.-backed Fatah forces.
On Sunday, while Hamas signaled it was willing to enter a cease-fire with Israel, WND reported members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Fatah's declared military wing, took responsibility for a barrage of five rockets and five mortars fired from the Gaza Strip that day. The attack lightly wounded two Israeli soldiers and one civilian. One of the rockets reportedly landed between two Jewish kindergartens. Read more ...
Source: WND
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