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Hamas says ceasefire is 'tactic'

A top Hamas leader has said the group would accept an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire with Israel but it would be a ''tactic'' in the group's struggle with the Jewish state.

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  • Published: 09:58 April 27, 2008
  • Gulf News

Cairo: A top Hamas leader has said the group would accept an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire with Israel but it would be a ''tactic'' in the group's struggle with the Jewish state.

Khaled Mashaal, the Damascus-based leader of Hamas, said in an interview with Al Jazeera television Saturday that Egypt had proposed a six-month truce between the Hamas rulers of Gaza and Israel. He said Hamas was ready to cooperate but added.

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