JERUSALEM – A rocket fired by Palestinian militants killed a 75-year-old Israeli woman yesterday, just as an Egyptian mediator was winding up truce talks in Israel – underlining both the urgency and complexity of working out a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers.
The rocket hit a house in the village of Yesha, about four miles from the Gaza Strip. On Friday, a fatal rocket attack drew reprisal Israeli airstrikes that killed five Palestinians in Gaza.
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev denounced the latest attack but did not say it would halt the Gaza truce talks.
The talks by mediator Omar Suleiman, Egypt's intelligence chief, produced no tangible results yesterday. He came to discuss Egypt's months of talks with the Hamas movement and smaller militant groups in the coastal territory.
