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Strikes on Negev drop as Hamas holds 24-hour truce
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Staff and News Agencies
Tags: Israel News, Ehud Barak 

Palestinian armed factions in the Gaza Strip are observing a 24-hour halt to rocket fire against Israel at the request of Egyptian mediators, a senior official of the ruling Islamist Hamas group said on Monday.

The announcement was released just as a Qassam rocket launched by Gaza militants exploded in the western Negev. A mortar shell and another rocket struck the area hours later. There were no reports of injuries hours later.

Gaza gunmen also shot at Israel Defense Forces soldiers along the coastal territory's border Monday, according to Israel Radio. The troops subsequently returned fire. No one was wounded in the incident, which took place near the Sufa border crossing.
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Also Monday, IDF troops detained two Palestinians who had infiltrated into Israel from Gaza near the Kissufim border crossing, Israel Radio reported.

The Hamas spokesman, Ayman Taha, said the brief cease-fire went into effect on Sunday evening. He said Hamas might consider a longer truce if Israel were to reciprocate by ceasing all military attacks in Gaza and lifting an embargo on the impoverished territory.

In an interview with Israel's Channel 10 TV, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said on Monday evening echoed Taha's remarks and the truce could be restored.

"The price is the lives of the Palestinian people," he said, demanding regular food and electricity supplies from Israel along with stopping Israeli military actions in the West Bank as well as Gaza.

Israel did not agree to halt operations in the West Bank under the truce that expired Friday, but Zahar's interview on an Israeli TV channel indicated that Hamas is interested in negotiating another cease-fire.

An Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Hamas' declaration that ther truce was being held upon Cairo's request was "not true at all."

Israel also voiced skepticism. "A ceasefire cannot be unilateral and Hamas, through its actions, has torpedoed the calm in the south," said Mark Regev, spokesman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

A six-month Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas expired on Friday with exchanges of fire across the border, raising fears of a wider conflict.

Hamas spokesman Tahar told Reuters that "Hamas and other factions agreed [to a one-day truce] in order to give a chance to the Egyptian mediation and to show that the problem was always on the Israeli side."

"If a new [truce] offer were made, which met our demands, then we would be willing to study it."

The surge of Palestinian rocket fire and Israel Air Force strikes over the weekend prompted calls in Israel to launch a wider offensive in Gaza.

Taha said any such escalation would be met by Palestinian retaliation including suicide bombings inside Israel.

An Israel Defense Forces spokesman said that, as of Sunday evening, Palestinians in Gaza had fired at least one rocket and four mortar bombs across the border.

Meanwhile, Palestinian Authority sources told Haaretz earlier Monday that Hamas has not given Egypt any signals that it is interested in renewing a cease-fire between Israel and the Gaza Strip.

The sources, who recently held talks with officials in Cairo, said Hamas has apparently not asked Egypt to renew its mediation efforts on the truce, which began in June and collapsed last Friday following numerous breaches.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to visit Egypt on Tuesday for a series of meetings with senior officials, on issues including the cease-fire agreement and internal Palestinian dialogue.

Barak: Israel won't accept continued rocket fire

Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who has drawn criticism for his perceived reluctance to launch a massive military operation into Gaza, also said earlier Monday that Israel would not accept the continuation of rocket fire on its southern communities from Palestinian terrorists in Gaza.

The six-month truce between Israel and Gaza rulers Hamas ended late last week, when Hamas announced it would not be renewing the cease-fire.

"We have no intention of accepting the situation as it is developing in Gaza and we have no intention of accepting a continuation of fire on the Gaza envelope communities," Barak told a meeting of the Labor Party's Knesset faction.

The defense minister also called for an end to the speculative "chatter" about any Israeli military action in Gaza, which he said was interfering with IDF planning and the army's capabilities and effectiveness, which in turn would extract a higher price.

Meanwhile, one of Barak's Labor Party colleagues said Monday that Israel might be ready to consider a new truce with Hamas, in an apparent change of tone since the cease-fire ended.

Welfare Minister Isaac Herzog, a member of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's security cabinet, questioned the long-term efficacy of any major military sweep of the crowded and impoverished coastal strip, and said renewing the truce, originally brokered by Egypt, could be an option.

"The calm is, of course, one alternative, and it is an alternative that can be seriously examined," Herzog told Israel Radio. "I, like many of my colleagues, am ready to consider continuing the calm, on terms that are comfortable for Israel."

Asked whether this might be broached with Hamas, Herzog said: "No, I don't think we can open negotiations. Right now we are dealing with an enemy who is not looking for negotiations."

Israeli officials are split on a response to the rockets which have pounded areas of the south over the past week. Both Barak and Olmert continued to urge restraint on Sunday, but Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who replaced Olmert as Kadima's head, and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who heads Likud, argued that Israel must get rid of the Hamas-run government. Israelis in the Qassam-hit communities have accused politicians of acting with an eye on the upcoming general elections.

While it seems that Israel's government has still not decided on a course of action regarding Gaza, it has nonetheless kicked off a public relations campaign with the intention of widening a basis for international support of a military offensive.

No Gaza orders yet

Meanwhile, senior IDF officers told Haaretz on Sunday that the army has not been ordered to make any preparations for a major operation in the Gaza Strip, but did not rule out the possibility of a future offensive.

Th Gaza Division has received no orders for any ground operations, said the officials, despite Barak's announcement Sunday that he has instructed the defense establishment to prepare for an offensive on Gaza in light of the escalating rocket fire from the coastal territory.

The officials said that as of now, offensive efforts would be waged mainly from the air. However, they added, a ground operation could be launched in the future if Hamas escalates from relatively small-scale attacks on border regions to large-scale rocket attacks deeper inside Israel.

The IDF is, nonetheless, increasing its level of readiness. In particular, the Home Front Command has worked hard over the past two weeks to improve rocket alert systems in communities located 30 to 40 kilometers from the Strip. It has systematically examined the warning systems in those communities and installed sirens in locations that lacked them, including educational institutions.

It also sent explanatory letters to residents and distributed 12,000 beepers to notify people of "Color Red" alerts whenever a Qassam is fired.

Nineteen rockets struck the western Negev on Sunday, following a barrage of 13 rockets and 20 rounds of mortar shells on Saturday alone.

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      1.   Barak is now responding only for his political needs 04:24  |  Judea 22/12/08
      2.   more lies from barak-Tzahal needs to take control 04:33  |  Arie 22/12/08
      3.   All Hamas has to do is read Haaretz 05:18  |  Rabbi Yakov Lazaros 22/12/08
      4.   here we go again 07:00  |  bashar 22/12/08
      5.   oops I forgot 07:20  |  ron 22/12/08
      6.   I Wonder... 07:37  |  Yosemite 22/12/08
      7.   Why a ground attack on Gaza? 07:46  |  Edifice 22/12/08
      8.   Just What Hamas Commanders Want! 07:55  |  Yosemite 22/12/08
      9.   Rabbi Yakov Lazaros 07:57  |  Peter Williams 22/12/08
      10.   Crush the terrorists! 08:01  |  Jean Van Daem 22/12/08
      11.   Call Up 40,000 Reservist 08:04  |  Baruch Gold 22/12/08
      12.   Foot dragging 08:55  |  Beni 22/12/08
      13.   no orders ,yet, for Gaza ground offensive 09:01  |  Pablo Eugenio Grosz 22/12/08
      14.   It doesn`t take much courage to talk tough. 09:07  |  Tzfonit 22/12/08
      15.   Note, Hamas could have avoided what is coming to them by: 09:31  |  Jehudah Ben-Israel 22/12/08
      16.   What can Israel really do..? 10:06  |  Stephen. 22/12/08
      17.   If Israel touches Gaza it will have to move to another planet 10:12  |  Dutch 22/12/08
      18.   Invade Gaza and think later what to do!!!First exterminate Hamas! 10:23  |  arthur 22/12/08
      19.   HAMAS WILL BE READY ANYTIME 10:40  |  indrajaya 22/12/08
      20.   I agree with # 2 10:43  |  Ros 22/12/08
      21.   Ground Offensive 10:52  |  H. Chavez 22/12/08
      22.   Oh why are we waiting? DO IT PROPERLY THIS TIME PLEASE 10:53  |  Harvey 22/12/08
      23.   Indrajaya`s heart of stone 11:05  |  Peter Williams 22/12/08
      24.   We are ready too, Indry !!!! 11:13  |  Daniela 22/12/08
      25.   Big talking bully boys 11:20  |  Chanalau, Tova 22/12/08
      26.   # 23, PETER WILLIAMS 11:23  |  indrajaya 22/12/08
      27.   To 18: arthur 11:29  |  Chanalau, Tova 22/12/08
      28.   qqqqqqqq 11:42  |  qqqqqqqqqqq 22/12/08
      29.   qqqqqqqq 11:43  |  qqqqqqqqqqq 22/12/08
      30.   #27 Chanalau tova re Arthur 11:45  |  H 22/12/08
      31.   indrajaya the javanese majority in indonesia 11:54  |  bong bong suharto 22/12/08
      32.   Indrayaya #19 12:09  |  Thomas 22/12/08
      33.   re # 27 on Chanalau 12:13  |  Jerome 22/12/08
      34.   Stop talking, act! 12:15  |  Jeff 22/12/08
      35.   Silly question for Van Daem 12:31  |  spyguy 22/12/08
      36.   It will take a lot more than 40,000 reservists 12:43  |  spyguy 22/12/08
      37.   #16, Stephen 12:44  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/12/08
      38.   Gaza is the only country that the World.... 12:50  |  The Archives 22/12/08
      39.   Jehudah Ben-Israel - Israel has no "right to exist" 12:51  |  spyguy 22/12/08
      40.   NUMBERS NUMBERS HEAR ISRAEL 12:57  |  mehmet 22/12/08
      41.   arthur = suicidal nuker 13:04  |  spyguy 22/12/08
      42.   Nothing is going to happen 13:05  |  John 22/12/08
      43.   TO PETER WILLIAMS 13:21  |  indrajaya 22/12/08
      44.   spyguy and military crap advice 13:22  |  victor hardman 22/12/08
      45.   #39, spoofguy, glad to hear 14:10  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/12/08
      46.   #39, spoofguy, israel is not a geographic entity 14:14  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/12/08
      47.   indry #43 14:14  |  Daniela 22/12/08
      48.   dutch "if israel touches gaza it will have to move to another 14:15  |  harzion 22/12/08
      49.   Keep digging that hole Indrajaya 14:17  |  Peter Williams 22/12/08
      50.   Day-long truce, to get more quassams 14:18  |  KUTW 22/12/08
      51.   Six Months of ?Truce?; 23 Palestinians Killed, 62 Injured and 38 14:20  |  Dav 22/12/08
      52.   i am amazed to see gaza being spoilt with goodies 14:22  |  amos 22/12/08
      53.   # 44, VICTOR "MANDATED IN 1922" HARDMAN 14:22  |  indrajaya 22/12/08
      54.   indrajaya 19 & 26 - you`re losing it 14:28  |  ChanahS 22/12/08
      55.   The so-called ?embargo? 14:30  |  KUTW 22/12/08
      56.   Dutch, great set of statistics 14:31  |  Peter Williams 22/12/08
      57.   # 49, PETER WILLIAMS 14:31  |  indrajaya 22/12/08
      58.   To Indrajaya 14:37  |  Noam 22/12/08
      59.   Hamas and Obama will stop IDF`s offensive. 14:37  |  Michael 22/12/08
      60.   Eliminate their cover 14:42  |  Jerryr 22/12/08
      61.   spyguy # 39 It`s Difficult To Make Major Changes Now 14:49  |  Jeff Northridge 22/12/08
      62.   Barak 14:59  |  de jong 22/12/08
      63.   # 60, JERRYR 14:59  |  indrajaya 22/12/08
      64.   Ceasing attacks, this is what hamas must do 15:01  |  KUTW 22/12/08
      65.   Hamas declares day long truce 15:01  |  DT 22/12/08
      66.   "A new truce offer" 15:03  |  jerryr 22/12/08
      67.   threatening to blow up civilians is purely Hamas 15:06  |  Craig 22/12/08
      68.   After such a terrible delay the 3 chiefs should go in first 15:09  |  the only answer 22/12/08
      69.   Hamas can play all the games they want in their cage. 15:11  |  17 22/12/08
      70.   Israel should annex Gaza and make them full citizens! 15:12  |  Arab Jew 22/12/08
      71.   Netanyahu `Israel must get rid of Hamas Gov.` 15:19  |  AMerican Patriot 22/12/08
      72.   Hamas`s cease fire includes at least three qassams a day, haven`t 15:35  |  Ruti 22/12/08
      73.   Hamas declares...and so on... 15:36  |  ak2404 22/12/08
      74.   11. Baruch Gold 15:37  |  KUTW 22/12/08
      75.   What the so-called truce was for 15:40  |  KUTW 22/12/08
      76.   Free Shalit 15:43  |  KUTW 22/12/08
      77.   After the next "truce" 15:47  |  Robin 22/12/08
      78.   whoever is merciful to the cruel, will ultimately be cruel to the 15:49  |  Joseph.E 22/12/08
      79.   Unless the authorities of the Arabs of the Gaza Strip come to... 15:55  |  Jehudah ben-Israel 22/12/08
      80.   Both Israel and Hamas are showing restraint 15:57  |  Mark Lincoln 22/12/08
      81.   Take Your 24-Hour "Truce" And Shove It, Hamas 15:59  |  Jeff Northridge 22/12/08
      82.   70 Arab Jew. one question WHY? 16:01  |  x-ray 22/12/08
      83.   Blame Yourselves 16:06  |  Abdulaziz 22/12/08
      84.   80. Mark Lincoln. Quo Vadis? 16:08  |  KUTW 22/12/08
      85.   83 Abdulaziz: Blame yourselves 16:10  |  KUTW 22/12/08
      86.   Israeli radio has just announced: The Islamic Jihad of the Gaza.. 16:13  |  Jehudah ben-Israel 22/12/08
      87.   70.Arab Jew 16:14  |  KUTW 22/12/08
      88.   Typical Arab truce 16:30  |  Gee 22/12/08
      89.   kutw your yuccabloom url doesnt work 16:34  |  x-ray 22/12/08
      90.   How typical, one group of terrorists declares ceasefire while the 16:54  |  Hanoh 22/12/08
      91.   89. x-ray 16:59  |  KUTW 22/12/08
      92.   89. x-ray 17:02  |  KUTW 22/12/08
      93.   A Hamas compatble solution!!! 17:21  |  Danielj 22/12/08
      94.   Israeli Response to Qassams 17:23  |  Michael T 22/12/08
      95.   A whole one day-well, that`s enough for thee leftists! 17:24  |  Arie 22/12/08
      96.   Bomb Gaza now (see details below) 17:30  |  Morris Valentine 22/12/08
      97.   Yes Barak shows us he is all about empty words again 17:56  |  Judea 22/12/08
      98.   it is rediculous that gaza will submit to slow starvation 17:57  |  open rafah crossing 22/12/08
      99.   Barak calls for end to chatter about IDF action 18:02  |  Shepherd 22/12/08
      100.   spyguy #39 so your saying that if a country takes a piece of land 18:03  |  terrornator 22/12/08
      101.   Hamas Is Beginning To Crack Under The Pressure 18:08  |  Jeff Northridge 22/12/08
      102.   Just want to remind everybody here: war is hell! 18:12  |  Alicia 22/12/08
      103.   to bomb or not to bomb that is the question 18:13  |  Moshe 22/12/08
      104.   spyguy,if your wife died of cancer because she watched the a-bomb 18:18  |  terrornator 22/12/08
      105.   99. rafah crossing: the Red Cross to ship food 18:18  |  KUTW 22/12/08
      106.   KUTW? one or a few days does not make an open rafah crossing 18:25  |  pay attention 22/12/08
      107.   CJK - there is no such thing as a 18:30  |  spyguy 22/12/08
      108.   dav #51 try counting the number of attacks committed by both 18:34  |  terrornator 22/12/08
      109.   106. pay attention 18:34  |  KUTW 22/12/08
      110.   Wonderful idea Morris V #96 18:39  |  S 22/12/08
      111.   Jeff, the UN doesn`t mean squat 18:43  |  spyguy 22/12/08
      112.   Stop the occupation 18:45  |  Palestinian 22/12/08
      113.   american patriot #71 no,no killing or anything,all we have to do 19:03  |  terrornator 22/12/08
      114.   terrornator - I support Iran having nukes 19:05  |  spyguy 22/12/08
      115.   HAMAS is right 19:07  |  JJ 22/12/08
      116.   Ha sarek 19:08  |  Paul 22/12/08
      117.   Suicide bombers 19:11  |  Steve J 22/12/08
      118.   hy is Tzipi Livni now taking on LIKUD Policies? 19:12  |  The Threadmill 22/12/08
      119.   Jeff N 19:21  |  Hal 22/12/08
      120.   i thought wars are to be won. 19:34  |  alan 22/12/08
      121.   hamasCalling 19:42  |  Yaacob 22/12/08
      122.   J J is clueless 19:45  |  real vision 22/12/08
      123.   spuguy,i`m sure you do support iran having nukes 19:46  |  terrornator 22/12/08
      124.   To my friend S (#110) 19:52  |  Morris Valentine 22/12/08
      125.   The picture says it all 19:54  |  Arie 22/12/08
      126.   Now that makes them really mad 19:58  |  Mark Lincoln 22/12/08
      127.   Hamas Interpretation of a Cease Fire 20:20  |  Nephtaly 22/12/08
      128.   spyguy # 107 The Right Of Conquest 20:21  |  Jeff Northridge 22/12/08
      129.   And a merry Christmas to my dear friend Morris V. !! 20:32  |  S 22/12/08
      130.   24 hours of stalling 20:37  |  Brod 22/12/08
      131.   dear Mhemet, its not the Israelis that kill the Palistinians , 21:02  |  Jack 22/12/08
      132.   No need for invasion of Gaza 21:25  |  Golani 22/12/08
      133.   126, Mark Lincoln 21:27  |  Harry 22/12/08
      134.   Hal # 119 The Gaza Strip Is Not South Vietnam 21:32  |  Jeff Northridge 22/12/08
      135.   Victory? What victory? 21:35  |  Maureen Ann 22/12/08
      136.   #134...Maureen Ann 21:53  |  Nemesis 22/12/08
      137.   #128 Jeff, don`t bet your life on it 21:57  |  spyguy 22/12/08
      138.   Mehmet and numbers 22:00  |  David Israel 22/12/08
      139.   To: Mehmet 22:06  |  Angel 22/12/08
      140.   To: Maureen Ann 22:14  |  Angel 22/12/08
      141.   maureen ann`s victory: please explain 22:18  |  Arie 22/12/08
      142.   Re#1 It may be hard to know why Barak 22:40  |  Ines 22/12/08
      143.   morris valentine i dont often agree with you 22:45  |  harzion 22/12/08
      144.   Re # 2 There is a time for everything 22:49  |  Ines 22/12/08
      145.   Re # 2 continuation 22:54  |  Ines 22/12/08
      146.   #136Nemisis. The Holistic Self. 22:57  |  Maureen Ann 22/12/08
      147.   To: Morris Valentine 22:57  |  Angel 22/12/08
      148.   Re#3 ...Rabbi not so much so 23:03  |  Ines 22/12/08
      149.   Re # 4 Yah that is very sad ..but 23:05  |  Ines 22/12/08
      150.   Re # 43 Do you really believe that Indra ??? 23:12  |  Ines 22/12/08
      151.   Golani # 132 I Think That Your`re Right 23:25  |  Jeff Northridge 22/12/08
      152.   Re# 115 Well if Hamas is able to... 23:29  |  Ines 22/12/08
      153.   #149, Ines...ever seen the settler kids? 23:30  |  Silvienne 22/12/08
      154.   Re# 132 Yah Golani I do totall agree with You !! 23:31  |  Ines 22/12/08
      155.   Re# 70 What for ??? 23:33  |  Ines 22/12/08
      156.   Hamas 23:41  |  The Teacher/Instruct 22/12/08
      157.   Re# 40 Numbers... Numbers 23:44  |  Ines 22/12/08
      158.   Re# 17 Well Dutch 23:49  |  Ines 22/12/08
      159.   #146...Maureen Ann 00:35  |  Nemesis 23/12/08
      160.   To Har-Tziyyon (#143) 00:39  |  Morris Valentine 23/12/08
      161.   To: Silvienne 00:40  |  Angel 23/12/08
      162.   #26 indrajaya 00:48  |  Steve 23/12/08
      163.   Indrajaya....Koos Imach Ibn Sharmout 01:13  |  Froike 23/12/08
      164.   To Angel (#147) 01:14  |  Morris Valentine 23/12/08
      165.   24 Hour Truce. 01:16  |  Evan 23/12/08
      166.   Disruption of natural human patterns. 01:28  |  Adiil 23/12/08
      167.   Spyguy lets face facts 01:47  |  Golani 23/12/08
      168.   Dutch please something new 02:06  |  Golani 23/12/08
      169.   Ines visit the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02:09  |  Mark Lincoln 23/12/08
      170.   #133 Harry you are the death knell of true conservatism 03:31  |  Labhras 23/12/08
      171.   #156, Kathy... 05:31  |  Silvienne 23/12/08
      172.   #146, Morris Valentine 06:12  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/12/08
      173.   Strikes on Negev drop as Hamas holds 24-hour truce 06:22  |  Bruce 23/12/08
      174.   Happy Hanukah 06:34  |  AB 23/12/08
      175.   Maureen Anne 07:52  |  magpie 23/12/08
      176.   It is Over. No Its Not. It Is Over. Not Its Not. Let`s 08:56  |  Brad 23/12/08
      177.   Hamas: Renewal On Previous Conditions???? 09:14  |  Brad 23/12/08
      178.   Morrs Valentine #96 very nice idea 09:32  |  Hastaroth 23/12/08
      179.   Sounds Like Good Time To Invade Gaza 10:40  |  Baruch Gold 23/12/08
      180.   #179, Baruch Gold... 19:10  |  Silvienne 23/12/08
      181.   Truce! 21:33  |  Pervis Casey 23/12/08
      182.   To Kathy,Cipora & good Israelis 22:50  |  The Teacher/Instruct 23/12/08
      183.   To: Morris Valentine 10:42  |  Angel 24/12/08
      184.   #182, Kathy/Teacher/Instruct... 21:11  |  Silvienne 24/12/08
      185.   To Angel (#183) 23:35  |  Morris Valentine 24/12/08
      186.   Ceasefire? 20:07  |  Douglas Fireman 29/12/08
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