(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Islamic Jihad does not expect a subsequent truce to last long and has at least 8,000 fighters ready for war with Zionist regime, a spokesman said.
"We are proud and honored to say that the Islamic Republic of Iran gives us support and help," Abu Ahmed, the spokesman for Islamic Jihad's armed wing, the al-Quds Brigades, said in an interview.
"What I will say is that we have every right to turn to every source of power for help," said Abu Ahmed.
Islamic Jihad's latest confrontation with Israel left 12 Palestinian fighters and one Israeli civilian dead. The fighting ended only after neighboring Egypt brokered a ceasefire with both parties, but Abu Ahmed did not see it lasting long.
"Theoretically the calm has been restored, but in practice it hasn't really," he said. Israel, he said, is itching for a fight in Gaza following last month's prisoner-swap accord, in which Israel released 477 prisoners in exchange for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held in Gaza since 2006.
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4 November 2011 - 20:30
News ID: 276546
Islamic Jihad does not expect a subsequent truce to last long and has at least 8,000 fighters ready for war with Zionist regime, a spokesman said.
