Abbas: Hamas truce violations are an exception, won't continue

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Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that Hamas' violation of the five-month-old Gaza Strip cease-fire was an exception and would not be repeated, calling on Israel to show restraint in order to avoid a security deterioration.

"The violation of the truce is an exceptional event that will not last," said Abbas at a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi in Rome.

"I take this opportunity to appeal to Israel to show the necessary self-control so that this will not happen again."

Palestinian militants fired a barrage of rockets at southern Israel on Tuesday in what the army said was part of an attempt by Hamas to kidnap an Israel Defense Forces soldier.

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