Hamas: truce does not mean an end to "resistance"

'Truce doesn't mean end of resistance'  states Hamas, hinting broadly at their strategy:

 

Israel is mistaken if it thinks that a truce with Hamas would mean that the "resistance operations" would end, a senior Hamas official said Monday.

"The confrontation with the [Israeli] occupation will continue despite the talk about a tahdiyah [calm]," said Osama Hamdan, Hamas's representative in Lebanon.

 

"Hamas does not trust the Israelis because they are likely to violate the tahdiyah and launch fresh aggressions against our people. As far as Hamas is concerned, all options remain open."

 

Hamas will violate the truce, perhaps letting Islamic Jihad do the dirty work, or claiming that an 'operation' was not sanctioned by any group. Israel will eventually be forced to retaliate and then Hamas can claim that Israel "violated" the truce.

 

Ami Isseroff