Hamas to fight to finish

GAZA CITY – Hamas vowed to fight “until the last breath” if Israel makes good on threats to send ground troops into Gaza after rejecting calls for a truce and pressing on with its air assault. “We in Hamas are ready for all scenarios and we will fight until the last breath,” senior official Mushir al-Masri told AFP on Wednesday as warplanes pounded Gaza for a fifth day and the Palestinian enclave’s Islamist rulers hit back with rockets. In a defiant televised speech, the head of the Hamas government, Ismail Haniya, vowed Israel would be defeated. “Our people will defeat those tanks,” he said as Israeli media speculated a ground offensive could be just days away. Despite international appeals…

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