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Islamic Jihad declares halt in rocket fire
(AP)
Updated: 2005-08-03 15:23
The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad on Wednesday denied involvement
in a rocket attack that inadvertently killed a Palestinian child, but said it
would halt all rocket fire ahead of the upcoming Israeli withdrawal from Gaza,
reported AP.
Tuesday night's attack killed a 3-year-old boy and wounding nine other
people, including four children of a former Palestinian Cabinet minister.
Islamic Jihad issued a statement calling the attack an "unfortunate incident"
and said it had issued orders three days ago to stop firing rockets "to give the
chance for a quiet Zionist departure from our beloved Gaza."
Militants fired the rocket at a large gathering of Jewish settlers in
southern Israel who were protesting the withdrawal, which is set to begin in two
weeks.
There was no claim of responsibility, and it was unclear whether other
militant groups, including Hamas, would halt the rocket fire.
Militants have fired hundreds of homemade rockets toward southern Israel in
recent years, but the rudimentary weapons are inaccurate and frequently land in
Palestinian areas.
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