Islamic Jihad militants agreed on Sunday to halt rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip unless there are more Israeli air raids on the territory, Palestinian officials said.| "See? We're bein' good. You can stop now." |
Khaled al-Batsh, a leader for Islamic Jihad in Gaza said, "if the enemy stops its attacks, our commitment to calm will be maintained." Israeli officials said if rocket fire from Gaza stopped then raids there would stop too, but that operations against Islamic Jihad would continue following a suicide bombing by the group that killed five Israelis on Wednesday. "There is an intent to continue it until they cannot carry out any more suicide bombings," Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz told the cabinet. Israeli officials said they expected operations against Islamic Jihad to be concentrated in the West Bank.