At least twenty-five mortar shells and Kassam rockets have landed on Gaza Strip settlements since 2:00 a.m. Thursday, hitting settlements in Gush Katif, southern Gaza, and northern Gaza, according to the IDF.
According to David Bedein of Israel Resource Review, the cease fire is a sham.
Avi Pazner, acting in his capacity as press spokesman for the Prime Minister of Israel said, "They will declare quiet. They will not sign anything. Sharon will not sign anything. The important thing is the 'quiet.'" He said this to more than 100 reporters who got off the plane at Sharm El Sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula to cover the summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (a.k.a. Abu Mazen), Jordanian King Abdullah and Egypt's President Mubarak.
"At this summit, we will see calls for a cessation to violence" repeated Gideon Meir, a spokesman from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "There will be no cease-fire proclaimed here today." This was told to reporters as they arrived at an improvised press center established in small villas and tents next to the Movenpick Hotel conference center at Sharm El Sheikh.
IMRA has an updated version of this article that includes this:
In the 36 hours that followed the Sharm summit, Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired more than 30 mortars on Israeli Jewish communities.
The Palestinian Authority did nothing to stop the attacks, which Hamas took credit for.
I called the Palestinian Authority and asked them about stopping the attacks, in the wake of the cease fire
The answer on the other end of the phone from the Palestinian Authority
"There is no cease fire".
