(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Some Fatah-affiliated militias are behind the latest wave of Kassam rocket attacks, in the hope of prompting a massive IDF operation in Gaza that would eventually bring down the new Hamas cabinet, Hamas officials claimed on Sunday. Sources close to Islamic Jihad's al-Kuds Brigades announced on Sunday that the group had decided to halt its attacks for a week because of the IDF strikes over the past few days. Hours later, however, Khaled al-Batsh and Khader Habib, the top political leaders of Islamic Jihad, denied that the group had agreed to suspend its rocket attacks.
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