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[ 17/08/2011 &#8211; 12:43 PM ]  </p>
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<p>GAZA, (PIC)&#8211; The Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip has said that it was interested in maintaining calm in the Strip, charging Israel with deliberately escalating military attacks.</p>
<p>The foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday evening that it exerted strenuous efforts and reached national consensus on maintaining calm and stability in the Strip.</p>
<p>However, the continued Israeli raids, which focus on civilians, display that Israel was not interested in calm and was fueling tension, the statement said.</p>
<p>It warned that the escalation would lead to negative repercussions, urging the world community, the UN in particular, to intervene and stop the aggression on the people of the Strip.</p>
<p>For his part, MP Mushir Al-Masri, the spokesman for Hamas’s parliamentary bloc, held the Israeli occupation authority fully responsible for consequences of its recent military escalation.</p>
<p>The Israeli aerial raids on Gaza reflect the criminal mentality of the IOA leaders, adding that the Palestinian resistance was monitoring the developments on the ground and was pondering options.</p>
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