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June 25, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/world/middleeast/25mideast.html

Palestinian Rockets Hit Israel, Breaking Hamas Truce

[ New York Times] Isabel Kershner - Three Kassam rockets fired from Gaza on Tuesday struck the Israeli town of Sderot and its environs, constituting the first serious breach of a truce between Israel and Hamas, the Islamic group that controls Gaza. Mark Regev, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said the rocket fire from Gaza had been "a grave violation of the calm" that came into effect last Thursday. Islamic Jihad, a small extremist group, claimed responsibility for the attack. Previous cease-fire understandings in Gaza have fallen apart over the inability of Palestinian leaders to contain the smaller groups.

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