Bardawil: Arab silence provides cover for Israeli attack on Gaza

Hamas leader Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil has charged that Arab silence and US support were providing Israel with a cover to attack the Gaza Strip.

He warned in a statement on Thursday of a new Israeli aggression on the besieged enclave, ruling out, however, a large-scale invasion of the Strip.

The Israeli occupation authorities have no ethics and could launch aggression any time, he said, adding that resistance would not stand idle and would confront any attack.

Israeli occupation forces killed two resistance fighters on Tuesday in an air strike. The attack was understood by the resistance as a fresh military escalation against it.

Bardawil said that contacts with Egyptian intelligence did not stop, adding that Cairo refuses any aggression on Gaza.

He said that Egypt conveyed Israeli allegation to the resistance in Gaza that individual breaches of the calm agreement were taking place, adding that Israel was not in need for excuses to launch aggression on Gaza.