GAZA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Hamas is investigating the death of an Egyptian soldier killed on Gaza borders and will hand over the findings to Cairo, the deposed Hamas government said on Wednesday.
"The investigation is about to complete," said Hamas Interior Minister, Fathi Hammad, in Gaza city.
"We will ask for an urgent meeting with the Egyptian officials when the inquiry is over" to give them the results, he said.
Last week, Hamas demonstrators rallied on the sealed Gaza border with Egypt to protest against an alleged underground wall construction and Egyptian restrictions on an international aid convoy entering Gaza.
The Hamas supporters threw stones at Egyptian forces on the border, triggering armed clashes between the two sides in which an Egyptian soldier was gunned down at his observation tower.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit has called on Hamas to hand over those responsible for the killing of the soldier.
Source: Xinhua.
Link: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/13/content_12805433.htm.
"The investigation is about to complete," said Hamas Interior Minister, Fathi Hammad, in Gaza city.
"We will ask for an urgent meeting with the Egyptian officials when the inquiry is over" to give them the results, he said.
Last week, Hamas demonstrators rallied on the sealed Gaza border with Egypt to protest against an alleged underground wall construction and Egyptian restrictions on an international aid convoy entering Gaza.
The Hamas supporters threw stones at Egyptian forces on the border, triggering armed clashes between the two sides in which an Egyptian soldier was gunned down at his observation tower.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit has called on Hamas to hand over those responsible for the killing of the soldier.
Source: Xinhua.
Link: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/13/content_12805433.htm.
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