Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip
fired a makeshift rocket Monday night toward southern Israel, further shaking an already wobbly truce between Israel and militant organizations in the
territory.
The rocket caused neither injuries nor damage, a military spokeswoman in Tel
Aviv said, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
It was the fifth rocket launched since the truce took effect on June 19.
Israel responded to the previous missile launches by shutting Gaza crossing points, preventing goods from entering the impoverished enclave. The
crossings were reopened Sunday.
Israel had pledged to ease its stringent economic blockade of Gaza if the rocket and mortar attacks from the area stop. The last truckload of humanitarian
aid entered the Gaza Strip on June 24.
The radical Islamic Hamas movement ruling Gaza has urged all Palestinian
militant factions operating in the strip to respect the truce.
Islamic Jihad, which fired the first truce-breaking rockets, said it had done
so to avenge the death of one of its senior militants during an Israeli army
operation on June 24 in the West Bank.
The West Bank is not covered by the Egyptian-brokered truce agreement, dpa reported.