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| Talks underway to stop anti-Israeli rocket attacks: PLC |
| | www.chinaview.cn 2004-07-07 20:30:12 |
GAZA, July 7
(Xinhuanet) -- Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Speaker Rawhi Fatouh said
Wednesday talks were underway with different factions to halt rocket attacks
against Israel.
Fatouh told Al-Hayat Al-Jadida daily that these talks were aimed at halting firing rockets from the Gaza Strip in exchange for an Israeli
military pullout from the northern Strip town of Beit
Hanoun.
"I participated in these talks and stressed on the
importance of agreeing on our resistance tools that could spare us from human or
material losses," he said.
"Israel must first evacuate Beit
Hanoun, which has been occupied by the Israeli army for the past 10 days, and
remove all its military checkpoints and roadblocks as a gesture of good
intention in order to halt rocket attacks from the Strip," he
said.
Fatouh revealed that the international sides had
interfered in order to oblige both sides to spare civilians from the
violence.
Palestinian militants have recently intensified
rocket attacks against Israeli targets since last Monday when two Israelis were
killed in Sderot by Qassam rockets.
It was the first time homemade Qassam rockets fired by Hamas' armed wing had led directly to Israeli fatalities. Enditem |
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