TEL AVIV, June 26, 2008, (WAFA)-Israel said on Thursday it would keep its border crossings with the Gaza Strip closed for a second consecutiveday.
Israel closed the crossings on Wednesday in what it said was a response to rockets fired by Islamic Jihad militants. Islamic Jihad said the attack was retaliation for the Israeli army's killing of one of its commanders in the occupied West Bank.
The truce, brokered by Egypt, does not cover the West Bank.
Israeli military liaison official Peter Lerner said that the crossings would remain closed on Thursday and no date had been set for their reopening.
'It depends on the assessment of the situation following Tuesday's rocket attack,' Lerner said.
