As of early Wednesday, rocket fire from Gaza on southern Israel had halted, and a tense ceasefire had taken effect. This after a day of cross-border conflict on Tuesday, during which over 100 projectiles were fired at Israel, sparked by the death in Israeli custody after an 86-day hunger strike of Khader Adnan, an Islamic Jihad member who was facing prosecution for terrorist activities.It is less than a month since the last rocket assault from the Hamas-run Strip, which followed violent clashes on the Temple Mount, including the entry of Israeli security forces into Al-Aqsa Mosque to confront what the police described as “agitators” who had barricaded themselves inside with fireworks, clubs and stones. READ MORE
