'Hamas ready to stop attacks on Israel on mutual basis'

A Russian deputy foreign minister was told the same

Israeli soldiers fire a 155mm self-propelled howitzer towards targets in the Gaza Strip. Credit: AFP Photo

A Senior Hamas official said the Islamist group was ready to halt attacks against Israel on a "mutual basis", the Russian foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

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It also quoted the Hamas official as telling a Russian deputy foreign minister that the international community should press Israel to stop using force at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque.