| Islamic Jihad man killed in car blast | ||
Palestinians say the explosion was the result of an Israeli air strike. Last Modified: 24 Aug 2011 00:55 | ||
An Israeli military spokesman said on Wednesday they will be checking the report and offered no further comments. Islamic Jihad identified the man as one of its leaders, Ismael al-Ismar from the border town of Rafah. A spokesman for a medical service run by Hamas, which controls the territory, said two other people were wounded in the car blast. Meanwhile, an Egyptian brokered halt to the truce appeared to be holding on Tuesday, with the Israeli military saying calm had prevailed along the border overnight. The truce was announced by a senior official in Hamas, which has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007, following four days of violence sparked by ambushes near Eilat in southern Israel on Thursday in which eight Israelis died. Gaza's Popular Resistance Committees, which have claimed responsibility for many of the rocket attacks, said on Monday it would abide by the temporary agreement. "We have temporarily stopped firing rockets at Israel according to the national consensus," the group said at a press conference in Gaza City, the AFP reported. Tensions in and around Gaza have risen rapidly since Thursday's deadly shooting attacks in the Negev desert, when Palestinian gunmen shot dead eight Israelis near the Red Sea resort town of Eilat. Seven of the attackers and five Egyptian security personnel were killed as Israeli troops pursued the gunmen. Israel also launched a wave of air strikes, killing 15 people in the Gaza Strip. ================================================= english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/08/201182323594115435.html?utm_content=automateplus&utm_campaign=Trial5&utm_source=SocialFlow&utm_term=tweets&utm_medium=MasterAccount |
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
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