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Israeli soldiers participate in ground maneuvers in the Gaza Strip on January 6, 2009. (Images IDF / BPH)
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, in an interview with Israeli newspaper Yediot Acharonot, said that a "new war would not be in anyone's interest."
Sinwar then claimed that he was unaware that Italian journalist Francesca Borri was going to publish her interview in an Israeli newspaper, claiming that she had tricked him into violating a Hamas policy banning all contact with Israeli media. .
He asked rhetorically, "Who really wants to deal with a nuclear superpower with four slingshots? The war does not succeed.
However, he added, a ceasefire would require "calm for the peace and the end of the siege", referring to the blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip. "It is important to clarify: if we are attacked, we will defend ourselves. Like always. And we will have another war. But in a year you will be here again; and I repeat to you that with the war, you do not realize anything.
In a statement quoted by the Washington Post, Hamas claimed that it had examined Borri's background and determined that she was "neither Jewish nor Israeli and that she had never published a book in the Israeli press ".
At the same time, the Israeli army reinforced its troops on the Gaza border on Thursday, following violent riots by Palestinians since the Hamas-controlled coastal enclave. By launching incendiary bombs and grenades, the Palestinians tried to cross the security fence.
As riots continued since March, it appeared that Israel and Hamas were close to a ceasefire agreement and the frequency and severity of the attacks had seemed to diminish.
"Chief of Staff, General Gadi Eisenkot & Senior Official of IDF and ISA [Israeli Security Agency] Officials have decided to implement large-scale reinforcements within the Southern Command and continue to act to counter terrorism and infiltrations from Gaza, "the Israeli army tweeted. "Hamas is responsible for Gaza and everything that emanates from it."
Chief of Staff General Gadi Eisenkot, as well as senior officials of the IDF and ISA, have decided to implement large-scale reinforcements within the Southern Command and to continue to act. to thwart terrorism and infiltrations from Gaza.
Hamas is responsible for Gaza and everything that emanates from it– Israel Defense Forces (@IDFSpokesperson) October 4, 2018
"The Israeli Defense Forces are ready and ready for various scenarios and consider the Hamas terrorist group to be responsible for everything that happens in the Gaza Strip," said the army in a statement released. by the Times of Israel.
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