http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/09/20109411943947918.html
Rocket fired from Gaza hits Israel
Attack comes two days after the start of Israeli-Palestinian direct peace talks
launched in Washington.
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2010 11:54 GMT
Rocket fire into southern Israel comes a day after Hamas fighters vowed
to launch fresh attacks [Reuters]
Fighters in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip have fired a rocket into southern
Israel, two days after the start of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the
Israeli military said.
Saturday's cross-border rocket fire caused no injuries or damage and landed in
an uninhabited area in the western part of the Negev desert, an army spokesman
said.
The rocket fire was the first since Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president,
and Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, met in Washington to
relaunch direct peace negotiations.
Netanyahu and Abbas agreed to keep talking and produce a framework for a
permanent peace deal.
But Hamas, whose fighters routed forces loyal to Abbas to take over the Gaza
Strip in 2007, rejects Abbas' negotiations and has vowed to continue attacks
against Israel.
The group's armed wing claimed responsibility for two shooting attacks in the
past week, including one that killed four Israelis in the West Bank, where
Abbas leads the Palestinian Authority government.
Abbas has repeatedly said he will present any peace deal to a national
referendum, which would include the people of Gaza.
A vote in favour of any peace agreement would then put heavy pressure on Hamas
to accept the will of the Palestinian people.
