A group representing all Gaza's airborne firebombing devices promised Wednesday to continue its operations against Israel.
"We hereby declare that our non-violent actions will continue and even more intensely, until we meet the demands of the Palestinian people to lift the blockade," the group said in a written statement. .
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The incendiary balloon and the kites "point out that the pace of kite and balloon expeditions will intensify with the blockade".
"We know that we can not rely on the statements of the enemy and that we can not trust him and we will continue until we see results on the ground.
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"Israel has spread lies that we will cease our actions within 72 hours, and that Hamas has deployed forces to prevent us from functioning." Therefore, we declare that they are lies and that the different units are out on the ground. in the morning to continue their operations in order to prove that we are not getting orders from anyone. "
There were reports on Tuesday that Hamas and Islamic Jihad were continuing their contacts with the Egyptian secret services in an effort to ease the Gaza blockade of Israel and Egypt. .
Egyptian and Palestinian sources said Tuesday in Ha'aretz that Hamas was inclined to accept an agreement calling for a halt to the launch of incendiary devices in exchange for Israel's cancellation of its decision to halt In-band fuel deliveries by Kerem Shalom. border crossing, until Sunday.
Such an agreement would also involve the regular opening of the crossing of the Egyptian border into Gaza at Rafah, as well as additional measures that Hamas is demanding.
"We do not want to go back to where we were before the kites, because it was a bad situation anyway and it made us walk [along the border fence] and from from that, the issue of kites has developed, "said a senior Hamas political official in Haaretz." What is offered to us now is a return to the same circumstances and it will not change anything. "
Hamas is not seeking a confrontation with Israel, the official added, and he understands that the continuous sending of kites and flaming balloons to Israel could lead to such an eventuality.
"From the point of view of operational and public diplomacy, it is easier for Israel to handle rockets rather than balloons," he said, "so he will do everything to push Hamas and the other factions in this corner. I want to play in the hands of Israel. "
