The armed wing of Hamas earlier today rejected Egyptian proposals for a ceasefire in Gaza, threatening to intensify its ‘conflict’ with Israel if truce terms were unsatisfactory.
“No official or unofficial side has approached us about the ceasefire talked about in the media… (but) if the contents of this proposal are true, it is a surrender and we reject it outright,” the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement. “Our battle with the enemy will intensify.”
“Egypt proposed late Monday that Israel and Hamas end hostilities on Tuesday at 0600 GMT, after seven days of bloodshed in Gaza that has killed at least 186 Palestinians, many of them women and children.
There have been no Israeli casualties.
