Ceasefire over, warns Islamic Jihad leader

THE Islamic Jihad leader in the Gaza Strip last night said the militant group will no longer honour a ceasefire with Israel after one of the group’s top commanders was killed in an Israeli airstrike.

“There is no talk of a truce, there is only room for talk of war,” Mohammed al-Hindi said. Al-Hindi is the group’s top leader in its Gaza stronghold and the West Bank, though its formal HQ is in Syria.

Although the seven- month-old ceasefire has brought a sharp drop in violence, Islamic Jihad has carried out a number of attacks since then, including three suicide bombings in Israel. The group has said its attacks were in response to perceived truce violations by Israel.