Abbas Asks Militants to Quit Shelling Israel ; Unabated Wave of Violence Threatens to Shatter Truce

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › July 18, 2005

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JERUSALEM - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas appealed Saturday to militant groups to halt their attacks on Israel and recommit themselves to a Mideast truce left in tatters by a wave of violence over the past week.

Meanwhile, Israeli troops massed Saturday outside Gaza as Hamas militants in the volatile coastal strip launched volleys of mortar shells and homemade rockets at Israeli targets for the third straight day.

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Abbas Asks Militants to Quit Shelling Israel ; Unabated Wave of Violence Threatens to Shatter Truce

An Israeli raid into Gaza would make it far more difficult to reestablish the five-month truce and could lead to a breakdow...

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