Jihad rejects any ceasefire with Israel: senior leader
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A senior leader of the Islamic Jihad(Holy War) insisted on Saturday that his movement would reject any ceasefire or long-term truce with Israel.
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The leader of the Hizbullah group on Saturday rejected a UN resolution calling for his guerilla army to be dismantled, saying the world body&#39;s call served Israeli interests.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel stepped up air strikes in its Gaza offensive, killing an Islamic Jihad leader, while backtracking on charges that militants used a UN ambulance to haul a rocket.
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A senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement was among at least five people killed and 40 wounded in an explosion in the Gaza Strip late on Friday, a group spokesman and local medics said.
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Israeli troops killed a top leader of the radical Islamic Jihad in a West Bank raid Saturday, the group said, and the Israelis pressed ahead with their offensive in the Gaza Strip.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday ruled out a resumption of negotiations with Syria at this time, saying Damascus must first end its support for militant groups.
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Pakistan's leader rejects an MoD research paper suggesting his spy service has helped al-Qaeda.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected reported peace overtures by Syria on Wednesday, saying it had to crack down on Islamic militant groups under its control before negotiations that stalled in 2000 could resume.
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JEBALIYA, Gaza Strip -- The Palestinian prime minister said yesterday that militants were prepared to stop firing rockets at Israel if it would halt all military action in Palestinian territories. Israel rejected the offer, saying it would respond positively only to a total truce.
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Israel has turned down Syrian President Bashar Al Assadâs peace proposal as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wants to concentrate on his Gaza withdrawal plan and doesnât want to be diverted in a peace track with Damascus.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel said yesterday that wide-ranging peace talks aimed at ending the conflict with the Palestinians will not be renewed until their leaders take strong action to prevent terrorist attacks on Israel.
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The Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad said Saturday they were adhering to a de facto truce with Israel, but stopped short of committing to the official cease-fire that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed on at their summit.
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A senior military leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement, or Hamas, was killed late Thursday in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said.
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Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Friday the Jewish state should not agree to a truce with Hamas unless the Islamist group first stops rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas failed at  talks with militants on Wednesday to win a commitment to end  attacks on Israelis in the run-up to Jan. 9 elections for a  replacement to Yasser Arafat, political sources said.
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Hizbullah chief on Saturday rejected a UN resolution demanding for his movement military wing to be dismantled, saying the world body&#39;s call served Israeli interests.
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Israel's Ariel Sharon has rejected  his army's request to scale back its Gaza offensive, seeking to  avoid any show of weakness after deadly bombings hit Egyptian  resorts crowded with Israelis, security sources said.