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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					23/01/2011 &#8211; 06:37 PM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">GAZA, (PIC)&#8211; Hamas expressed concern  over a statement by Egyptian interior minister Habib Adly in which he  charged Army of Islam in Gaza of responsibility for the blast in an  Alexandria church.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The movement said in a statement on Sunday  that Egyptian and Arab security is a top priority for Hamas, which  considers Egypt and the Arab world a strategic depth. Hamas would never  condone any tampering with that security, it elaborated.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">&#8220;Hamas leads resistance against Israeli  occupation inside Palestine and had not and would not allow any struggle  with any other party outside Palestine.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The movement said, &#8220;Our relations with  Christians across history was always good and we will not accept any  meddling with such relationship. This is why we condemned the church  explosion on the first day and extended condolences to Egypt and  families of the victims&#8221;.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Hamas said it was confident the Israeli  Mossad (foreign intelligence) was responsible for such crimes to mix up  cards, recalling that many Israeli spy rings were busted in Egypt.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">For his part, Taher Al-Nunu, the  Palestinian government&#8217;s spokesman in Gaza, expressed readiness during a  press conference on Sunday to cooperate with the Egyptian concerned  authorities over the charges voiced against the Army of Islam.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He said that the government was prepared to investigate the given facts, when tabled, and to reveal the truth.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Nunu stressed that relations with Egypt  would remain strong, and the Arab and Egyptian security would remain a  priority for his government, affirming the good relations with Arab and  Palestinian Christians.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He said that there were no Al-Qaeda cells  in the Strip, and that all Palestinian factions direct their guns only  at the &#8220;Zionist enemy&#8221; in a bid to end the occupation and the siege  imposed on the Palestinian people.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The Egyptian minister on Sunday accused  the Army of Islam in Gaza of perpetrating the suicide attack that killed  23 people and wounded tens others three weeks ago, adding that it was  affiliated with Al-Qaeda.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The Army of Islam denied any involvement in the incident.</p>
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