Palestinian militant groups, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, warned on Sunday they would end a truce which they announced last month with Israel if the Palestinian Authority continued what they called a campaign to disarm them. ‘‘The Palestinian security forces decided to start a campaign aimed to disarm the resistance.We warn that such an act.will make us think seriously of going back on our initiative of halting the military attacks (against Israel),’’ the two groups said in a joint statement faxed to Reuters. ‘‘The Zionist enemy will bear the responsibility.so will the Palestinian Authority if it continues in any move against the resistance forces and its weapons,’’ the statement said. The statement by the two largest Palestinian militant groups said that disarming them was ‘‘a red line and we will never accept trespassing it in any way.’’ An Islamic Jihad official said Palestinian security forces in Gaza were gearing up for what appeared to be an attempt to disarm them, and said the groups could resume suicide bombings in response. ‘‘Preparations have begun, the Palestinian Authority has deployed over 600 security personnel. They are stepping up (security) measures,’’ Jihad official Abu Imad al-Rifai said.
