June 15, 2006

After suspending its unilateral cease-fire on 6/9, Hamas says it will halt all fire for 7 days; if Israel stops targeting Palestinian civilians during that period, it will extend the cease-fire and lobby other factions to do the same. The IDF kills 3 Palestinian militants allegedly planting explosives nr. the border fence in central Gaza; conducts arrest raids, house searches in Nablus. Islamic Jihad fires at least 5 rockets fr. Gaza into Israel, wounding 3 Israelis, damaging a factory building in Sederot. (MM 6/15; NYT, WP, WT 6/16; OCHA 6/21; PCHR 6/22)