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eyl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-19-05 08:18 AM
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6. Not exactly
The ceasefire was declared by both Hamas and IJ; the AAMB later joined up. There were still a lot of attacks (mainly shootings) by these groups which caused no casualties.

For example, the second day after declaring the ceasefire, there wasan attack on an IDF outpost; a day later, a Palestinian was killed while attacking IDF troops (and there were a few more incidents that day). I'm leaving out the Romanian worker killed on June 30, since the AAMB wasn't at that point part of the ceasefire. The day after that, there were at least three incidents of shootings at Israelis (one of which was lightly wounded) and a roadside bomb was found. And so on and so forth (including AT missile and mortar fire on settlements).

I can't find exactly when AAMB and Fatah joined in the ceasefire, but IIRC it was sometime in the first week.

It should also be noted that some observers considered the Palestinian organizations' adherence to the ceasefire to be solely tactical (to take time to regroup), something specifically said by IJ.

Since there were (almost) no casualties in these events, media attention was low, so in most cases the organization involved was not named in the articles. However, on July 7th, IJ comitted a suicide bombing in Kfar Yabetz, killing one (besides the bomber, of course). Later, more suicide attacks followed, including by Hamas.
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