GAZA, (PIC)-- Dr. Ismail Radwan, a Hamas political leader and one of its spokesmen in the Gaza Strip, has revealed that the Israeli occupation authority's replies to the Egyptian calm offer were not encouraging.

Radwan, speaking in an address before a ceremony marking the foundation anniversary of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine – general command in Gaza on Saturday, stressed that calm efforts were faced by the stumbling bloc of Zionist obstacles.

The spokesman charged that the IOA wants a "free calm" that does not include opening of crossings or breaking of siege. He underlined that any calm should be "comprehensive and reciprocal".

"We have shown flexibility and agreed to start calm in the Gaza Strip then move on to the West Bank within six months," Radwan explained, adding, however, that the Movement asserted that any calm should include lifting the siege and opening the crossings especially the Rafah border terminal but the IOA continued to ignore those efforts and persisted in its aggression.

He asked the Arab League and the Arab ministerial committee to try and resolve inter-Palestinian differences and to enter Gaza to practically implement the League's decision on breaking the siege on Gaza.

Radwan finally asked PA chief Mahmoud Abbas to end the series of futile negotiations that would not bring about any change.