Hamas denies moves towards ceasefire with Israel

Hamas has deniedthat any ceasefire with Israel is imminent despite Egyptian government attempts to get the resistance to bow to Israeli terms. The last agreed ceasefire was used by Israel to prepare the assault on Gaza that begin in December last year and ended with 1,400 dead Palestinians. How can you negotiate in good faith with such a criminal regime? The resistance will need to see some facts on the ground before there is any ceasefire, although Hamas's Al-Qassam brigades has already made it clear it is not responsible for rocket fire from the Strip since the end of the war. The siege has to be lifted and prisoners released.

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GAZA, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement said on Sunday there is no imminent ceasefire with Israel in the Gaza Strip.

"There is no lull in the moment," said Mushier al-Massri, a spokesman of Hamas movement, which controls the Gaza territory.

"Any lull will be subjected to the enemy's positive responses to the conditions of the Palestinian resistance powers," al-Massri added. "The ball is now in the Israeli court," he said.

Earlier, Hamas has denied reports that Egypt asked the Palestinian groups to study the possibility of renewing a ceasefire with Israel.

Nearly 11 months ago, Egypt brokered a six-month truce between the Palestinian factions and Israel in which the Jewish state halted its attacks in the Hamas-controlled enclave while the militant group stopped firing rockets at the nearby Israeli communities.

After the lull expired in December last year, Israel waged the toughest offensive against Gaza since 1967, killing more than 1,300 Palestinians and destroying thousands of houses.

After the assault ended in January 2009, Hamas maintained a ceasefire from its side, but less influential factions fired rockets from time to time.

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