Hamas said to have stopped Islamic Jihad from firing rockets to avenge dead members

The Times of Israel reports: “Gaza’s Hamas rulers prevented the Palestinian Islamic Jihad from firing rockets toward Israel after three of the latter terror group’s operatives were killed in a West Bank firefight with Israeli security forces over the weekend, the Kan public broadcaster reported Monday.

Palestinian sources told the broadcaster that Hamas made it clear that it was not currently interested in another round of fighting with Israel in Gaza.

Last May, tensions over clashes in Jerusalem spiraled into a large-scale conflict between Israel and Hamas.

The report said Hamas did not want to be dragged into a conflict by Islamic Jihad. If it does go to war with Israel again it wants it to be on its own terms.

Hamas, the report said, exerted heavy pressure on Islamic Jihad and prevented the rocket fire…”

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