Special report:
Palestine-Israel
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GAZA, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Hamas movement's
spokesman in Gaza Fawzi Barhoum said Monday that his movement's commitment to a
truce brokered by Egypt is linked to Israel's commitments to it.
Barhoum warned Israel, in a statement, of using the
Israeli High Court of Justice decisions, related to the appeal of the family of
captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, to violate the truce.
Shalit's parents appealed to the court in Israel not
to reopen Gaza Strip borders crossing until the Israeli government gives them a
clear answer that their son's release would be part of the truce.
The Israeli High Court of Justice accepted the appeal
and ordered to temporarily keep the activities of goods transfer into the Gaza
Strip through Gaza crossing point on a low profile.
"If the Zionist occupation wants to use the decision
of the court in order not to implement the truce agreement, our commitment to
the truce would also be linked to what extent the occupation would be committed
to it," Barhoum said.
On Thursday morning, Israel and Gaza militant groups
implemented a six-month truce brokered by Egypt in the Gaza Strip for gradual
reopening of the closed crossings and easing a one-year blockade Israel imposed
on the enclave.
He added that the Palestinian side doesn't care about
the internal Israel differences on the truce, adding "all what we care about is
to see a full implementation of the truce agreement."
Two years ago, Hamas armed wing al-Qassam Brigades
and two minor Palestinian armed groups abducted Shalit in an armed attack on an
Israeli army base outside southeast Gaza Strip.
