First published August 19th 2014, 8:47 pm
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip after three fired from the enclave shattered a temporary truce on Tuesday. The Israeli military said it bombed targets in the Gaza Strip in response to the renewed rocket fire, adding that "yet again, terrorists breach the ceasefire."
The rockets fired
Tuesday from Gaza landed on open fields near the city of Beersheba and
did not cause any casualties, Israeli military officials said, with
witnesses in Gaza City telling Reuters that they heard the sound of
rockets being launched from the enclave. The exchange of fire shattered a
24-hour truce extension that was due to expire at midnight. Israeli and
Palestinian negotiators have been in Cairo trying to hammer out a deal
to end the crisis which has killed around 2,000 Palestinians and more
than 60 Israelis.
After Tuesday's rocket
launches, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli team to
come home, an official told NBC News on condition of anonymity. A source
with the Palestinian delegation in Cairo said, "Meetings with Egyptians
have ended. Negotiations with Israelis have been frozen."
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