Rockets, airstrikes come hours before Gaza truce

[HT:JD]
Jerusalem - Palestinian militants fired 50 rockets and mortars from Gaza toward Israel on Wednesday, just hours before a truce was to take effect.

(Snip) In Gaza, Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said the truce would ease the lives of Gazans, but success or failure was in Israel's hands.

"The calm is going to bring stability to Israel if they commit themselves to it," he said.

[typical: Palestinians fire the rockets, but success or failure is all up to Israel.]

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