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Jihad Will Observe Truce with "Israel"

Jihad Will Observe Truce with
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Source: Al-Manar TV, 26-06-2008

Islamic Jihad on Wednesday said it will respect a shaky truce with ‘Israel' in force since last week but warned of a fitting response in case of a breach.

"We have confirmed to our friends in Hamas that we have decided to respect the ceasefire," spokesman Daoud Shihab said in Gaza after talks with Hamas. "We will apply the pact on the suspension of attacks if ‘Israel' also respects it," he added.

But he warned that a "committee comprising representatives of Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Fatah will meet when ‘Israel' breaches the truce to determine a riposte."

The ceasefire came into effect in and around the Gaza Strip on June 19 under a deal reached after Egypt mediated for months between ‘Israel' and Hamas, the resistance movement that rules the impoverished Palestinian enclave.

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