Hanieh: Truce depends on halting "Israeli" crimes

Source: Presstv.ir, 17-11-2008
Hamas leader Ismail Hanieh has said a deal between "Israeli"s and Palestinians will continue if "Israel" halts its crimes in the Gaza strip.
On Sunday, during the funeral of Palestinian fighters killed by the "Israeli" forces earlier in the day, Hanieh said the continuation of the Egypt-mediated ceasefire between the "Israeli" regime and the Hamas movement depends mainly on "Israel's" halting its crimes and lifting its blockade on the Gaza Strip.
"The continuation of the truce deal depends mainly on the halt of the Zionist war machinery against our Palestinian people as well as lifting the imposed siege and reopening the crossings," he told the crowds.
""Israel" should turn its verbal commitment to the ceasefire into actions on the ground, by simply stopping all forms of aggression against the Palestinian people", International Meddle East Media Center quoted Hanieh as saying.
The Hamas leader stressed that what the Palestinian nation wants are their national legitimate rights and ending the occupation.
Hanieh's remarks come as the "Israeli" regime has completely sealed off the Gaza strip from the outside world as the already impoverished region is in desperate need of vital supplies including food, drug and fuel.
Despite the Egyptian-brokered truce deal, "Israeli" ground and aerial strikes have killed several Palestinians in the Gaza strip during the past two weeks.
On Sunday, an "Israeli" air strike left four Palestinian fighters in the northern Gaza Strip dead.