Israel keeps Gaza borders sealed in wake of rocket fire

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JERUSALEM, June 26 (AFP): Israel maintained a tight seal around the Gaza Strip Thursday, keeping the impoverished territory's borders closed two days after Palestinian militants fired rockets in breach of a truce.

"The Gaza crossings are still closed," said military spokesman Peter Lerner, but he added that the Eretz terminal remained open for humanitarian purposes.

The Egyptian-mediated truce between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement which rules Gaza entailed a gradual easing of an embargo Israel imposes on the Palestinian enclave, but this stopped after the latest attacks.

Lerner stressed that the new restrictions were imposed "in response to the firing of rockets Tuesday."