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    Hamas says ceasefire talks with Israel halted, promises more border violence

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    By admin on September 24, 2018 Features, News

    Gaza’s Hamas rulers said on Sunday their indirect ceasefire talks with Israel have halted, despite expressing optimism regarding the deal earlier following a round of meetings with senior Egyptian intelligence officials in the strip on Saturday.

    Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri blamed the impasse on the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, which has voiced its strong opposition to the talks.

    Abu Zuhri said that in response, his Islamic militant group is escalating its protests in new locations along Gaza’s borders with Israel.

    Hamas leaders
    Hamas leaders

    Egypt and the United Nations have been working to mediate to avoid another large-scale round of violence.

    On Saturday, a delegation of Egyptian officials visited Gaza in an attempt to renew talks on a long-term ceasefire arrangement with Israel.

    Palestinian sources said the main obstacle to reaching an agreement is a stance of the Palestinian Authority’s leader on the issue.

    “Egypt’s main interest is to reach an intra-Palestinian reconciliation in accordance with President Mahmoud Abbas’ demand to remain the only Palestinian representative with whom any understanding can be reached regarding Gaza,” the source stressed.

    Earlier on Sunday, nine fires broke out in the Gaza border region as a result of incendiary balloons flown from the strip into Israel.

    Fire in Gaza border region
    Fire in Gaza border region

    The biggest fire was reported in the wadi of Nahal Gerar in the Negev desert, where almost 75 acres of land had been burned.

    The flames are reported to be extinguished.

    Fire in Gaza border region (Photo: Kobi Richter)
    Fire in Gaza border region (Photo: Kobi Richter)

    In addition, on Sunday evening the IDF said that the Israel Air Force (IAF) attacked an incendiary balloon cell in the Gaza Strip.

    On Saturday, eight fires broke out in the Gaza border communities as a result of incendiary kites and balloons. One of the fires started in the Nahal Bohu Park at the entrance to the southern city of Netivot.

    On Thursday, an IAF aircraft attacked a terror cell in the northern Gaza that was launching incendiary kites and balloons into Israeli territory.

    Fire in Gaza boredr region
    Fire in Gaza border region

    The strike was carried out in light of violent demonstrations along the southern border, which continued throughout Yom Kippur.

    Earlier on Thursday, six fires broke out as a result of incendiary balloons and one fire was started by an incendiary kite. The areas which were affected by the flames are: Kibbutz Nir Am, the Be’eri Forest, the Kissufim Forest and Shokeda Forest.

    On Friday, the clashes along the security fence had resumed, with thousands of Gazans massing at several points near the Israeli border.

    Hamas has led weekly protests since March, demanding in large part an end to the decade-long Israeli-Egyptian blockade that has crippled Gaza since Hamas assumed control of the coastal strip.

    Originally posted on YNet News.

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