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Hamas rejects plan

Gaza City Aug 6 The militant Palestinian Islamist movements Hamas and Islamic Jihad today rejected an Israeli plan under which Israeli troops would quit re-occupied land in Gaza if Palestinian security forces cracked down on hardline groups.

``The Palestinians reject this plan. Our mission is to resist the occupation, and such a sedative plan aims to calm criticism by the international community and gain time,'' said a Gaza Hamas leader, Ismail Abu Shanab.

The Israeli Defence Minister, Binyamin Ben Eliezer, met yesterday the Palestinian Interior Minister, Abdel Razaq al-Yahya to discuss the plan. — AFP

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