Rantisi: Hamas will not extend cease-fire to six months

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Also Thursday, a Palestinian official expressed concern that Israel may use the internal Palestinian dispute to try to get out of its obligations, and called the cease-fire "stable."

A delegation of Egyptian envoys visiting the Gaza Strip had requested that the Palestinians double the time limit of the cease-fire.

However, Rantisi said that not only would the cease-fire not be extended, but an escalation in fighting is expected due to Israel's refusal to release prisoners from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Army Radio reported.
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He said the Palestinian end of the cease-fire is under control. "The hudna, or cease fire, is stable and strong," said abu Ziad. "It's not at all fragile."

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