Abbas: Gaza rockets must stop
Palestinian president says truce with Israel starts with halt in firing from Gaza.
Abbas said: “Any assault or air raid against us [after ceasing rocket-fire] becomes unjustified for them and in the eyes of the international community.”
“This should be the starting point – rockets must stop.”
He also said that Israel should halt its assault on the Gaza Strip.
“They should be put to the test for a month, and then we can move to the West Bank where incursions and attacks should come to an end.
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“After that we can move onto other matters associated with the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement – namely: the displaced, the withdrawal from territories occupied after September 28, 2000 and also the issue of the release of prisoners.
“All these issues can be one package, one deal. I drafted them in a ten point document and presented them to the other Palestinian parties. Until now, there has been no response.”
Israeli forces have also killed two Hamas fighters in the southern Gaza strip and arrested a senior Fatah official in the north of the occupied West Bank in continuing raids.