The call:
'Hamas ready to form Palestinian army':
Hamas is ready to merge armed factions including its military wing to form an army to defend the Palestinian people, a senior Hamas leader said on Saturday."We are willing to form an army like every country... an army to defend our people against aggression," Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal told a news conference in Damascus following the group's sweeping victory in Palestinian parliamentary elections.
Mashaal said his group wanted a partnership with other Palestinian factions and called for the world to respect organization's landslide victory in parliamentary elections.In the press conference, Mashaal outlined three goals: Reform of the Palestinian authority, sustaining its resistance to Israel and "arranging the Palestinian home."
Mofaz: Hamas leaders are in IDF sights:
Israel will not hesitate to target senior Hamas leaders who orchestrate terror attacks against its citizens, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Saturday, hinting that the Islamic group’s sweeping victory in the Palestinian parliamentary election does not grant its leaders immunity from Israel’s military actions.
“He who heads a terror group and continues to carry out terror attacks against Israel will not be immune,” Mofaz told Channel 2 television when asked if Hamas leaders Ismail Hanieh and Mohammad Zahar are on Israel’s targeted killing list.
“If Hamas chooses terror and violence as it did before the ceasefire, it will come under an unprecedented attack. We will not allow the return of the violence witnessed in 2001-2002,” Mofaz told the broadcaster.
