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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/hamas-holds-rally-vows-to-restart-war-if-israel-does-not-meet-its-demands/2014/08/07/e0d0dd5a-6b57-42d3-bb1d-bf33d0974a6c_story.html

Hamas Vows to Restart War If Israel Does Not Meet its Demands

(Washington Post) Sudarsan Raghavan - Hamas officials at a public rally vowed Thursday to never give up arms and to reignite war if Israel does not accept their demands to lift an economic blockade of Gaza, while supporters chanted, "Blow up, blow up Tel Aviv." With a turnout of a few thousand people, the demonstration was much smaller than the massive crowds Hamas has attracted in the past. "The war is not over yet," Mushir al-Masri, a top Hamas official, told those gathered. "Our fighters are still in the field, in their frontline positions. Our tunnels still exist, and they reach into Israeli territory. If Israel doesn't agree to our demands, we will come there." Masri declared that Hamas had defeated Israeli troops during the war.

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