GAZA CITY: The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas which controls Gaza said yesterday that a troubled Cairo-brokered truce with Israel will not be renewed when it runs out later this week. But a spokesman for outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert insisted his government remained keen to see the six-month-old truce extended beyond Thursday provided Hamas halted rocket and mortar fire against southern Israel. “The truce was limited to six months and ends on December... Read more »