HAMAS said yesterday that the Islamic militant group would not renew an informal nine-month-old truce after Israel killed one of its leading activists in an airstrike.

Hamas said today that the Islamic militant group would not renew an informal nine-month-old truce, which expires at the end of the year, after Israel killed one of its leading activists in an airstrike in Gaza.

Hamas, the largest Palestinian militant group said today it would not go back to all-out war against Israel, even after Israeli missiles killed one of its top gunmen.

Israeli missiles hit a car in the Gaza Strip, killing two top militants, drawing threats of reprisals and further compromising Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas ’ efforts to restore calm and take control of the volatile seaside territory.