26 March 2011 - 19:30

The recent firing of mortar shells at Israeli targets by the armed wing of Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, was in retaliation to the escalating Israeli army crimes against the Palestinian people, Abu Obaida, the Brigades' spokesman, said.

GAZA (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The recent firing of mortar shells at Israeli targets by the armed wing of Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, was in retaliation to the escalating Israeli army crimes against the Palestinian people, Abu Obaida, the Brigades' spokesman, said.

He added in an interview with the Panorama TV program on Hiwar network on Friday there is a practical calm in Gaza, and the resistance factions only retaliate to Israeli attacks.

The spokesman stressed that resistance factions do not call for war and seek to spare the people its repercussions, charging Israel with starting the aggression.

Israel is trying to picture resistance as the one starting violence and that its aggression was in retaliation, which is totally false and the vice versa is correct, Abu Obaida added.

He accused Israel of spreading rumors about resistance arming itself with advanced weaponry to the extent it said resistance has acquired pilotless planes.

Israel is trying to drive a wedge among the Palestinians in a bid to weaken resistance, which is the factor uniting the Palestinian people, Abu Obaida said.

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