Israel ceasefire fragile after Gaza rocket attack
Updated on 18 January 2009
Israel declared a unilateral ceasefire in Gaza meant to end three devastating weeks of war against militants who have traumatised southern Israel for years with rocket attacks, writes PA.
But hours after the truce took hold, militants fired a volley of rockets into Israel, threatening to reignite the violence.
No one was injured in the rocket assault. But shortly after, security sources in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun reported an airstrike that wounded a woman and her child. The Israeli military had no comment.
