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Article: Mortar attack by militants threatens truce, says Israel; World at a glance.
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2005
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. ISRAELI prime minister Ariel Sharon warned Palestinians that renewed violent attacks threaten the two-month truce in the region.
His warning came after militants fired mortars and rockets at Gaza's Jewish settlements, in retaliation for the fatal shooting of three teenagers by the Israeli army. Israeli officials said the three were arms smugglers, but Palestinians said they were playing football.
Sharon, left, en route to talks with President Bush in Texas, called the mortar attack "a flagrant violation of the understandings" reached at the February truce summit with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, and said it would be a central issue in his US ...