JERUSALEM - A three-day cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza expired Friday morning with no announcement of an extension and reports of rockets and mortar fire from Gaza.
The Israeli military announced it had intercepted a rocket over Ashkelon, a city near the northern border of the Gaza Strip, minutes after the temporary truce expired at 8 a.m. The military said that four other rockets hit unoccupied areas. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
A spokesman for Hamas, the Islamist militant group that operates in Gaza, said it would not extend the cease-fire but that it would participate in talks in Cairo to fashion a more durable truce.
At a Gaza City rally on Thursday, a Hamas leader declared 'victory' for the past month but said it was just a precursor to a bigger victory.
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