Hamas Leader Dares Israel to Invade Amid Gaza Airstrikes -- New York Times
GAZA CITY — The top leader of Hamas dared Israel on Monday to launch a ground invasion of Gaza and dismissed diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire in the six-day-old conflict, as the Israeli military conducted a new wave of deadly airstrikes on the besieged Palestinian enclave, including a second hit on a 15-story building that houses media outlets. A volley of rockets fired from Gaza into southern Israel included one that hit a vacant school.
Speaking at a news conference in Cairo, where the diplomatic efforts were under way, the Hamas leader, Khaled Meshal, suggested that the Israeli infantry mobilization on the border with Gaza was a bluff on the part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
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My Comment: The Hamas leader talks about peace but he appears to be a man who has no interest in pursuing peace .... for him it is continual war. What's my take .... both sides have been building up for the past year to have this fight .... the Syrian civil war diverted everyone's attention for a short time, but they are now they are focused on their conflict.
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