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On March 13, 2014, Iran-backed Islamic Jihad fired four rockets into Israel in response to the killing of three of its fighters, who had initially fired at Israeli troops. The attack broke the truce established after the 8-day war of November 2012 between Israel and Gaza militants. (http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/03/13/Abbas-demands-Israel-halts-its-escalation-in-Gaza.html)

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“Gaza rockets pepper Israel despite truce,” Al-Arabiya, March 13, 2014. (http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/03/13/Abbas-demands-Israel-halts-its-escalation-in-Gaza.html)