Israel will abide by the Gaza Strip cease-fire despite a rash of Palestinian rocket attacks. After consulting top Cabinet colleagues Thursday, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert decided that Israel’s armed forces would continue to hold fire in Gaza, even though the truce he declared with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Nov. 26 has been violated frequently by terrorist groups.
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