Three Qassam rockets were launched on Friday from the Gaza Strip and landed in open fields in Israel. No injuries or damage was reported. On Thursday, a Qassam fired by militants in Gaza struck a western Negev kibbutz.
In a separate incident on Thursday, the IDF spokesman's office reported that a roadside charge was detonated as an army patrol passed along the border fence, also in the central Gaza area.
The incidents of the past two days have occurred amid new signs that Israel is moving closer to a cease-fire with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, as Egypt, with U.S. backing, pressed Hamas to stop its rocket fire into Israel and urged Israel to halt military strikes.
The truce efforts intensified after a fierce round of fighting that began in late February and killed more than 120 Palestinians, including dozens of civilians, as well as three Israelis. |