In the name of national unity and reconciliation...

In other ceasefire news, the Palestinian Terrorist fractions latest truce has passed the 12 hour mark and the various hostages have been exchanged but not without a particular sign of bad faith. Ha’aretz provides details:

Later, however, teams of representatives from the various Palestinian militant factions went around to buildings to make sure gunmen had come down from rooftops. Once rooftops were cleared, the exchange of an unknown number of hostages kidnapped during the past week was to begin. Other faction members removed roadblocks that had been erected during the fighting to identify gunmen from rival factions.

In another sign of the shaky nature of the truce, several hostages from both factions were released only after their captors shot them in the legs, both sides said.

At one Gaza City building that had been the site of fierce fighting, Hamas fighters climbed down carrying a cache of rocket-propelled grenades, bags of explosives and AK-47 rifles.

"The main guarantee is that this agreement was reached by... Mr. Abbas and Mr. Meshal," Palestinian Information Minister Mustafa Barghouti said. "We are trying to have an atmosphere of national unity and reconciliation. The most important thing is to stop any form of internal violence between Palestinians."

Shooting hostages in the legs before releasing them in a show of national unity and reconciliation….irony is a concept which is completely lost on these people.