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Israeli FM vows to end Hamas control of Gaza
AFP - 1 hour 48 minutes ago
CAIRO (AFP) - - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni vowed on Thursday to end Hamas's control of the Gaza Strip after an escalation of violence in the Palestinian territory.
"Enough is enough. The situation is going to change," Livni said in Cairo after meeting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to discuss the deteriorating situation in Gaza since a truce expired six days ago.
"Unfortunately there is one address to the situation of the people in the Gaza Strip, this is Hamas, Hamas controls them, Hamas decided to target Israel, this is something that has to be stopped and this is what we're going to do," she said in English.
"Yesterday's escalation was unbearable," Livni said after Gaza militants hit Israel with their biggest rocket barrage in six months to avenge the killing of three Hamas fighters.
"Hamas needs to understand that our aspiration for peace does not mean that Israel will take this situation any longer," Livni said during a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
"Hamas's control of the Gaza Strip is not only Israel's problem, we understand the needs of Egypt but what we are doing is an expression of the needs of the region."
Abul Gheit, whose government mediated the six-month truce that expired on Friday, called for restraint in the impoverished territory that has been ruled by Hamas since it routed its rival Fatah movement in June 2007.
"Egypt has made clear that there should be restraint and no escalation and an alleviation of the humanitarian siutation," he said.
"The talks clarified that Israel should show restraint but Israel made it clear that there must be a halt to the rocket fire. The president was very clear that there is a need to stay away from collective punishment."
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