Hamas leader says Israel truce is over

Hamas exiled political supremo Khaled Meshaal speaks at a press conference in Damascus. Eighteen Palestinians, most of them women and children, have been killed as Israeli shells slammed into their Gaza homes in an attack

By IBRAHIM BARZAK, Associated Press Writer
18 minutes ago

BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip - Hamas' exiled leader, Khaled Mashaal, said on Wednesday that a 2005 truce with Israel was finished and appealed to all Palestinian factions to resume attacks.

"There must be a roaring reaction so that we avenge all those victims," he said. Two Palestinian militant groups promised to step up suicide attacks in response. Hamas' military wing in Gaza urged Muslims worldwide to attack U.S. targets, a call disavowed by the Hamas-led Palestinian government.

Meanwhile, Israeli tank shells ripped through a residential neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip, killing at least 18 members of an extended family, including eight children as they slept, Palestinian health officials and witnesses said. >>>cont

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