Hamas leader calls for resuming suicide attacks

"We urge our Mujahideen to resume martyr operations in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and Jaffa and everywhere else," a leader said.

A leader in ruling Palestinian movement Hamas called on Wednesday for a resumption of suicide attacks in Israel, following the deaths of 18 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

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"We urge our Mujahideen (fighters) everywhere to resume martyr operations (suicide attacks) in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and Jaffa and everywhere else," Nizar Rayan shouted into loudspeakers at demonstrations in a northern Gaza town.

Hamas, which won a landslide election victory last January, has not claimed any suicide attack inside Israel since January 2005 when the Islamic movement agreed to an informal truce in such attacks.