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Israel Says 3 Rockets Fired Into Country From Gaza

Associated Press

   JERUSALEM - The Israeli military said Saturday thatthree rockets
   hadbeen fired from the Gaza Strip toward southern Israel.
   The military said air defenseshadintercepted two of the missiles.
   Therewereno reports of injuries,and no Palestinian group claimed
   responsibility for the rocket fire.
   Cross-border violence between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza
   has ebbed and flowed in recent years.Fighting last monthwas the most
   violentin months.
   Leaders from Hamas, the militant group ruling Gaza, and the smaller but
   more radical Islamic Jihad are in Cairo, talking with Egyptian
   officials about cementing a cease-fire.

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