| English.news.cn 2011-08-18 22:34:26 |
GAZA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Gaza Strip ruler Hamas movement denied Thursday Israeli reports that assailants who struck in the Israeli city of Eilat came from the strip.
"The Israeli accusations against Gaza is an attempt to export Israel's internal crisis to Gaza," said Taher Al-Nounou, spokesman for the Hamas government.
Ahmed Yousef, a former adviser to Hamas, said the attacks in Eilat were "a natural response to the Israeli aggressions and to the stalemate of the peace process in the region."
At least five Israelis were killed and dozens wounded in the attacks in the famous Red Sea city of Eilat Thursday noon, as Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that these attacks were plotted in Gaza.
"The attacks demonstrate the weakening of Egypt's control over the Sinai peninsula and the expansion of terrorist activity there, " Barak was quoted as saying. "These attacks originated in Gaza and we will act against them with full force and resolve."
The Gaza Strip is controlled by the Islamic Hamas movement, which said last week that it will tighten security along Gaza- Egypt border to restrict the illegal movement of the people through underground smuggling tunnels.
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