Hamas Spokesman Sami Abu-Zuhri accused Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of making false claims Sunday, when Netanyahu claimed that Israel had accepted a German mediator's offer for a deal to release abducted soldier Gilad Shalit. The prime minister also said that Hamas had not responded.
Abu-Zuhri's response, carried on the Hamas internet site, claimed that Netanyahu was trying to cover up his part in the failure of the German mediator to negotiate a deal between the two sides.