Mahmoud Az-Zahar, a member of the Hamas leadership in Gaza, told Hamas television, Friday, that the terror organization is ready to fight for months and that the current action will stop when what he called all of Israel's violations are resolved, including the siege on Gaza and the re-arrest of security prisoners who had been released in exchange for Israeli soldier Gil'ad Schalit.
Deputy Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh issued a statement that the organization is not afraid of what it called the enemy's threats. It said the enemy's aggressiveness would fail.