GAZA - Israel and the Islamist group Hamas have no desire to go to war despite an uptick in violence, the Qatari envoy who helped mediate a truce between the sides along the volatile Gaza border, said on Saturday.
– Israel and the Islamist group Hamas have no desire to go to war despite an uptick in violence, the Qatari envoy who helped mediate a truce between the sides along the volatile Gaza border, said on Saturday.
Hamas has fought three wars with Israel over the past decade and tensions along the Gaza border are high with frequent fatalities. Israel and Egypt, which also shares a border with Gaza, both keep tight control of their land crossings with the strip.
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