GAZA CITY, PALESTINE: (APP) Fear looms of new escalated conflict between Hamas and Israel
Hamas’s leader in Gaza said Friday his Islamist movement did not seek war with Israel but would resist incursions into the Palestinian enclave, following the worst cross-border violence since the 2014 war.
Three days of mortar and tank fire between Israel and Palestinian militants, as well as Israeli air strikes, have raised concerns of a new conflict in the Hamas-run territory.
Ismail Haniyeh accused Israeli forces of intruding nearly 200 metres (yards) into Gazan territory.
“We are not calling for a new war, but we will not under any circumstances accept these incursions,” he said in a Friday prayer sermon in the Gaza Strip.