Hamas on Saturday rejected any possibility of declaring a unilateral truce with Israel and promised to continue firing rockets.

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, who held talks in Cairo with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal over the weekend, failed to persuade him to declare a unilateral truce, PA officials in Ramallah said.

Mashaal insisted during the talks that any cease-fire be mutual and include the West Bank, according to the officials.

"Mashaal thinks that he's the leader of the Palestinians, and not President Abbas," said one official. "Mashaal is trying to undermine the new government and the president. He wants many things in return for agreeing to a cease-fire." [Just another thug in the thugocracy, another capo in the clan war.]

Also Saturday, the IDF shot and killed three Palestinians who were spotted planting an explosive device next to the Gaza Strip security fence near the Kissufim Crossing.

Another Palestinian was seriously wounded; the four were identified as members of Hamas's military wing.

Sources in the Southern Command said that the bomb was the 60th time Palestinians tried planting bombs along the fence since a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians went into effect in November...