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Defense Minister: Reports of Tanzim Cease-Fire Initiative Misleading
(Ha'aretz) - Appearing before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday, Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer responded to reports of an alleged Tanzim cease-fire proposal that had been halted by Israel's strike against the leader of Hamas. Ben-Eliezer said he had known of the Tanzim report, but clarified that those involved were political activists in the organization and not people in the field. In any case, he added, Hamas head Salah Shehada had not been a party in the talks. Furthermore, Ben-Eliezer revealed that Shehada was planning six simultaneous terror attacks in six different Israeli cities.