Hamas claims it has no connection to Rafah incident, denies violating ceasefire

The Hamas terror group denies violating the ceasefire after an attack in Rafah on IDF troops, claiming that the operatives there are not following orders.

The military wing of Hamas issues an statement saying that it has no connection to the incident in Rafah earlier today, in which the IDF said RPGs and sniper fire targeted Israeli troops.

“We are committed to the ceasefire in all areas of the Gaza Strip,” the statement reads. “We have no information about incidents or clashes that took place in the Rafah area, which is under occupation control.”

The Hamas statement claims that “our connection with the groups located there has been severed since last March. We have no link to any events occurring in that area and we have no way to communicate with our fighters there, if any of them are still alive.”