Hamas official: Violence against Israel will end only when Gaza blockade lifted

Hamas will accept nothing less than the lifting of the Gaza blockade for calm to be restored to southern Israel, a senior Hamas official tells the pro-Hamas channel Palestine Today.

“It is our right to break this siege,” Ismail Radwan says.

Radwan insists that a second prisoner deal — which Hamas officials had previously indicated was a priority — is not related to the current rise in tensions on the border with Israel.

Aaron Boxman

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