Palestinians agree to halt missile attacks on Israel

[barb162]

Palestinians agree to halt missile attacks on Israel
30/10/2005 - 13:41:38

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have agreed to end their recent rocket attacks on Israel, and Israel has agreed to stop its retaliatory air and artillery strikes, Palestinian officials said today.

The announcement appeared to set the stage for an end to the latest round of violence between the two sides, which erupted last week after Israel killed a top Islamic Jihad gunman and the group responded with a suicide bombing in central Israel. The Israeli army has carried out a series of artillery attacks and airstrikes in Gaza, while militants have fired rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel.

Palestinian Interior Ministry officials said the militants agreed to halt the rocket fire. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity pending an official announcement later today. Palestinian factions, including the militant groups, were scheduled to meet this evening.

With the halt in rocket fire, Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to stop the latest hostilities, said Nabil Abu Rdeneh, a top aide to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. He said the agreement had been reached following talks brokered by US negotiators.
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http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=160900930&p=y6x9xy636

[bemildred]

1. Good. nt

[notadmblnd]

2. Where are the Palestinian rocket factories located anyway?

who is selling the weapons to them and how are they getting in the country?

[Solo_in_MD]

5. Mostly in basements

The rockets are crude at best, made mostly of OTS components. The are assembled and partially fabed within the PA zone. They are not accurate, but if you fire enough of them at a populated area, you are going to hit something occasionally.

AS for the ceasefire, I have my doubts. They have never held in the past. Way too many independent cells with weapons out there.

[barb162]

6. Ah, the magic hand of demand-side economics...

smuggling.

[still_one]

3. This is only the millionth cease fire

I hope it hold, but will only believe actions

[barb162]

4. There was a joke about so-called "permanent"

cease fires lasting through at least a weekend.

Yes, let us hope this holds

[HawkerHurricane]

7. Version I heard...

is that it only lasts long enough to reload.

[barb162]

9. you were right; see below "hours later"

[HawkerHurricane]

10. We cynics usually are.

"We've got to stop shooting each other!"
"You first."

[barb162]

8. Islamic Jihad's Vow to Cease Rocket Fire Ends Hours Later

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/31/international/middleeast/31mideast.html

JERUSALEM, Oct. 30 - The Palestinian faction Islamic Jihad said Sunday that it would stop firing rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel, but several hours later it appeared to retract the pledge amid renewed violence.
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