Israel closes Gaza crossing but promises Egypt no response to Kassams

Israel closed all of the Gaza crossings into southern Israel on Wednesday morning except for the pedestrian crossing at the Erez checkpoint, but promised Egypt it would not retaliate for the firing of three Kassam rockets by Islamic Jihad at Sderot on Tuesday. It made the commitment despite the fact that Hamas has no intention of making any effort to enforce the 'truce' on its side. Hamas