Hamas still committed to truce

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.

But with an informal, nine-month-old truce approaching its December 31 expiry, spokesman Mushir Al-Masri said its renewal wasn’t assured if Israeli attacks would persist. “In the face of this Zionist aggression, no one should dream about the renewal of this truce,” he said.