aricbcool
04-07-2005, 15:19
Saw this linked on Drudge. Looks like someone forgot the safety was off. ;)
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20050407/2005-04-07T180647Z_01_N07706204_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-MIDEAST-ROCKET-DC.html
Militants Fire Rocket Into Israel Despite Truce
Apr 7, 2:06 PM (ET)
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen fired a rocket into Israel on Thursday in the first such incident since January, when Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took power and persuaded militants to accept a ceasefire.
There were no reports of casualties from the rocket -- launched from northern Gaza into Israel's western Negev desert, according to Israeli military sources and Palestinian witnesses -- and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The area took frequent rocket fire during a 4 1/2 year Palestinian uprising. The latest attack occurred days before a planned meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Bush in the United States.
A Palestinian Authority spokesman said it had opened an investigation into the incident.
"There is an intolerable gap between what the Palestinian Authority is saying and what is happening on the ground," Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said about the attack. "This is a very serious event and Israel will not accept it."
Palestinian militants agreed on March 17 to extend until the end of 2005 the halt to fighting which Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared at a Feb. 8 summit in Egypt.
Some splinter factions were not part of the deal. It was not known if any of them might have been behind Thursday's rocket attack.
The militants' March agreement strengthened Abbas's hand in his quest to revive talks with Israel on an independent Palestinian state after the revolt in Israeli-occupied territories.
There was no indication Israel planned to retaliate for the attack. Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Zeev Boim told Israel's Channel 1 Television that Israel would "evaluate the situation."
General calm has prevailed in Gaza and the West Bank since January, aside from a Feb. 25 suicide bombing by Islamic militants in Tel Aviv that killed five Israelis.
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20050407/2005-04-07T180647Z_01_N07706204_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-MIDEAST-ROCKET-DC.html
Militants Fire Rocket Into Israel Despite Truce
Apr 7, 2:06 PM (ET)
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen fired a rocket into Israel on Thursday in the first such incident since January, when Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took power and persuaded militants to accept a ceasefire.
There were no reports of casualties from the rocket -- launched from northern Gaza into Israel's western Negev desert, according to Israeli military sources and Palestinian witnesses -- and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The area took frequent rocket fire during a 4 1/2 year Palestinian uprising. The latest attack occurred days before a planned meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Bush in the United States.
A Palestinian Authority spokesman said it had opened an investigation into the incident.
"There is an intolerable gap between what the Palestinian Authority is saying and what is happening on the ground," Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said about the attack. "This is a very serious event and Israel will not accept it."
Palestinian militants agreed on March 17 to extend until the end of 2005 the halt to fighting which Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared at a Feb. 8 summit in Egypt.
Some splinter factions were not part of the deal. It was not known if any of them might have been behind Thursday's rocket attack.
The militants' March agreement strengthened Abbas's hand in his quest to revive talks with Israel on an independent Palestinian state after the revolt in Israeli-occupied territories.
There was no indication Israel planned to retaliate for the attack. Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Zeev Boim told Israel's Channel 1 Television that Israel would "evaluate the situation."
General calm has prevailed in Gaza and the West Bank since January, aside from a Feb. 25 suicide bombing by Islamic militants in Tel Aviv that killed five Israelis.