Hamas rally in GazaHamas Confirms Losses In Cast Lead For First Time -- Jerusalem Post
Hammad to 'al-Hayat': No al-Qaida in Gaza, insists "we're centrists, we don't like zealots," claims Israel trying to escalate Gaza situation.
Hamas Interior Minister Fathi Hammad on Monday told London-based newspaperal-Hayat that al-Qaida does not have any presence in Gaza, and discussed casualties in Operation Cast Lead as well as the Gilad Schalit prisoner exchange talks.
Hammad said in the interview that Hamas is ready for war but ruled out an escalation anytime soon, saying that "Israel has always sought to escalate the situation in Gaza in order to wage war, and we are not afraid of war." The senior Hamas man continued, "We expect that there are wars to come, but the international situation, and the regional situation is not suitable for war at the present time."
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Update: Hamas says 300 fighters killed in Gaza war -- AFP
My Comment: Why the release of numbers now? Your guess is as good as mine, but I suspect that there has been discussion within Hamas (for a long time) to come clean with the results of the Gaza - Israel war .... which they have now.
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