New Gaza fire as Israel Arabs join teen murder protests

JERUSALEM, July 5 (AFP): Gaza militants fired a new volley of rockets into Israel Saturday, clouding Egyptian efforts to broker a renewed truce, after protests over a Palestinian teenager's murder spread to Arab-Israeli towns.
Israeli police reported clashes in three mainly Arab towns in the northeast and centre late Friday after the east Jerusalem funeral of the teenager, believed to have been abducted and murdered by Jewish extremists.
Around the central town of Qalansuwa, angry Arab protesters stopped traffic, attacking Jewish drivers and torching their cars, public radio reported.
The road to the town, in the Triangle district close to border with the occupied West Bank, remained closed on Saturday as sporadic protests continued, police said.
A rocket and a mortar round hit southern Israel from Gaza early Saturday after militants fired 18 on Friday, the army said.
Both struck open ground and caused neither casualties nor damage, a spokeswoman said.