Palestinian rocket fired at Israel despite truce No injuries reported but Olmert's office claims attack violates cease-fire
JERUSALEM - A Palestinian rocket was fired into southern Israel on Tuesday, the first such attack since a cease-fire took effect last week.
Micky Rosenfeld, an Israeli police spokesman, said the rocket landed in an open area and no one was hurt. He could not immediately confirm reports of a second rocket.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office immediately called the attack a violation of the truce. It was not clear how Israel would react.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The rocket attack occurred hours after Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in a West Bank raid.
The West Bank is not formally part of the Gaza truce. But the Israeli raid could be seen as violating the spirit of the cease-fire.
Meanwhile, organizers of a Palestinian conference in Berlin said donors have committed $242 million to specific projects strengthening the Palestinian police and judicial systems.
A diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because the meeting was still ongoing, provided details on the figure, which exceeds the more than $180 million organizers had sought for the next three years.
As Tuesday's one-day conference opened, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said his country was committing $23.3 million.
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