Islamic Hamas movement Monday said it is committed to a ceasefire with Israel in exchange for Israeli commitment.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said Hamas' commitment to the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire "would be evaluated" if Israel kept delaying its obligations.
The six-month truce went into force on June 19 in Gaza, which called on Palestinian militant groups to fire rockets into southern Israel. Meanwhile, Israel has to stop military offensive into Gaza and ease the blockade which Israel imposed on the Gaza Strip when Hamas took over the territory by force a year ago.
However, Israel closed all Gaza crossings last week after Islamic Jihad fired several homemade rockets at southern Israel in retaliation for the killing of one of its West Bank leaders, violating the truce between Israel and the Palestinians.
Earlier in the day, a Palestinian official said Israel did not increase fuel shipments it allows into the Gaza Strip in line with the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.
Mahmoud al-Khozendar, deputy director of the petrol stations owners union in Gaza, said the fuel shipments sent to Gaza Monday were even less than that before the ceasefire took hold.
An Israeli foreign ministry spokeswoman said the total lifting of the embargo on Gaza will take place only when Hamas releases an Israeli soldier it holds hostage in Gaza.
Abu Zuhri said these remarks "reflect the bad intentions of the occupation and their bids to play with the conditions of lull."
Source: Xinhua
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