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Hamas ‘Stubbornly’ Refusing Ceasefire, Says Kerry

US Secretary of State roundly blames Hamas for the continuation of the conflict in Gaza.

By AFPFirst Publish: 7/20/2014, 4:43 PM

via Hamas ‘Stubbornly’ Refusing Ceasefire, Says Kerry – Defense/Security – News – Arutz Sheva.

US Secretary of State John Kerry Sunday blamed Hamas for the continuation of the conflict in Gaza, saying the Islamic militants were refusing all ceasefire efforts.

“They’ve been offered a ceasefire and they’ve refused to take the ceasefire,” Kerry told ABC television, adding that Hamas has “stubbornly” refused efforts to defuse the conflict “even though Egypt and others have called for that ceasefire.”

The Palestinian leadership on Sunday condemned a blistering Israeli attack on Gaza’s Shejaiya neighborhood as a “massacre” after more than 60 people were killed.

In a statement, the newly-inaugurated Palestinian Arab government described the attack as a “war crime” which required immediate international intervention.

“The Palestinian consensus government condemned in the strongest terms the heinous massacre committed by the Israeli occupation forces against innocent Palestinian civilians in the neighborhood of Shejaiya,” it said.

The office of president Mahmud Abbas also issued a similar statement condemning the attack as a “massacre.”

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