Report: Egypt sanctions Gaza military op

London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper says Egyptian intelligence minister furious with Hamas' decision to shun talks with Fatah, adds Cairo would back limited Israeli operation in Strip in bid to loosen militant regime's grip on area
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Will Egypt back an Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip? Palestinian sources told the London-based Arabic-language newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi that Egyptian Intelligence Minister Omar Suleiman said that "Hamas' leadershipmust be reined in, even in Damascus."
Egypt ,he said, would not object to a limited Israeli incursion inthe Strip, which can topple Hamas regime andbring an end to the Gazans' suffering.
Suleiman reportedly made the remark during a meeting with Amos Gilad, head of the Defense Ministry's Security-Diplomatic Bureau, in Cairo last week.
The newspaper further noted that the Egyptian intelligence minister refused Gilad's request to have Egypt pressure Hamas into agreeing to prolong theceasefire ;and was furious at the organization's decision to shun talks with Fatah, which were supposed to take place in Cairo in November.
The newspaper said that Suleiman held Hamas Politburo Chief Khaled Mashaal responsible for the situation in the Strip, and that he called the heads of Hamas "thugs" and the group "a gang." Both of which, he added, would pay a price for their hardline position.
"Hamas' leadership is guilty of hubris," he was quoted as saying. "It snubs Egypt. Its leaders must be reined in and must wake up from their dream."
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