Unannounced Truce Calms Violence in Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Fares Akram, Isabel Kershner - March 13, 2012 - 12:00am


JERUSALEM — Both Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza indicated Tuesday that they would abide by an Egyptian-brokered truce ending four days of cross-border fighting, but each warned that maintaining the calm would depend on the actions of the other side. Bary Mike cleaned up his store in the port city of Ashdod on Tuesday. A rocket fired from Gaza had landed near his business.



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