GAZA, Palestine, Dec 11 (NNN-WAFA) – The Islamic Hamas movement, denied on Tuesday, some media reports alleging that it is holding secret talks with Israel, on reaching a long-term truce in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hamas, which has been ruling the coastal Palestinian enclave since 2007, said that, “the movement denies what is being circulated in some media outlets, about a long-term truce with the Israeli occupation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It said that the reports are “an extension of the incitement and distortion campaigns against the movement, against its positions, and against its resistance programme.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Israel impose a tight blockade on the Gaza Strip, right after Hamas seized control of the territory in 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Israel also waged three military offensives on Gaza, the longest was during the summer of 2014, which lasted for 50 days, and left large-scale deaths and destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last year, Egypt, the United Nations and Qatar, mediated understandings between the two sides, in a bid to bring a relaxation of the blockade and prevent a long confrontation between Gaza militants and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Israeli newspapers reported that, there is “an Israeli grand plan,” which is being prepared for the establishment of industrial zones, along the fence separating Gaza and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The papers published an article saying, it has details of the “full Israeli plan,” which includes working on a number of projects along the Gaza Strip’s border, and that the projects will be established on Israeli territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Gaza Strip witnessed relative calm recently, after a wave of violent clashes last month, between the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Akram Atallah, a Gaza-based political analyst, said that, “despite the official denials on starting long-term truce talks in Gaza,” the Israeli plan of separating Gaza from the West Bank is gradually moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abdul Majid Sweilem, a Ramallah-based political analyst, said, he rules out that a long-term deal can be reached in the Gaza Strip “because there are still obstacles facing this deal.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sweilem warned that, such a deal will “effectively separate the Gaza Strip from the entire occupied Palestinian territories.”– NNN-WAFA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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