Het huidige staakt-het-vuren is waarschijnlijk het best houdende tot nu toe. Sinds het ingaan ervan meldt de kalender van blogger Elder of Zion nog 'slechts' 11 gelanceerde Qassam raketten en 10 mortiergranaten. Dat is van 19 juni t/m 13 juli. (Onduidelijk of daarna niets meer was voorgevallen of de kalender niet verder is bijgehouden. In juni waren voordat het staakt-het-vuren inging 102 raketten gevallen.
Volgens Der Spiegel vuren de mensen die in de tunnels werken soms Qassams af omdat het in hun belang is als het staakt-het-vuren geen stand houdt, de grenzen weer helemaal dicht gaan en dus de prijzen van allerlei waren stijgen...
Ratna & Wouter
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Qassam hits western Negev in new Gaza truce violation
Qassam hits western Negev in new Gaza truce violation
By Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondent and Reuters
Militants in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday fired a Qassam rocket into the western Negev in another violation of the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas in the coastal territory.
The rocket struck an open area in the Sha'ar Hanegev regional council. It caused neither casualties nor property damage.
There have been several rocket launches from the coastal territory since an Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas went into effect on June 19, though such attacks tapered off in recent weeks.
Israel responded to previous attacks by reclosing border crossings with Gaza.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility from armed Palestinian factions in Gaza.
The truce calls on Gaza militants to halt rocket attacks in return for Israel gradually easing an embargo on the territory. Israel tightened its cordon on Gaza after Hamas took control of the territory in June 2006.
The rocket struck an open area in the Sha'ar Hanegev regional council. It caused neither casualties nor property damage.
There have been several rocket launches from the coastal territory since an Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas went into effect on June 19, though such attacks tapered off in recent weeks.
Israel responded to previous attacks by reclosing border crossings with Gaza.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility from armed Palestinian factions in Gaza.
The truce calls on Gaza militants to halt rocket attacks in return for Israel gradually easing an embargo on the territory. Israel tightened its cordon on Gaza after Hamas took control of the territory in June 2006.
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