Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal warned Israel could face another Palestinian uprising unless conditions in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank improved. Meshaal told the Palestinian al-Ayyam daily in an interview published on Monday continuation of a Western economic siege of the Palestinian government and military actions by Israel would "give notice to a huge explosion that would not only affect the Palestinians but also the entire region, especially the Zionist entity".
"I warn and say that I see that the current situation is heading in the direction of the conditions that prevailed in the late 1990s ... that paved the way for the al-Aqsa intifada," Meshaal said. "I warn and under 'warn' I put many red lines."
Meshaal also defended the firing of rockets on southern Israel, saying it was a response to Israeli killing of Palestinians, but told al-Ayyam he hoped a ceasefire could be expanded from Gaza to the West Bank.
