Violent flare-up threatens to derail Mideast peace talks

Thursday, May 19, 2005

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- A sharp flare-up of violence Wednesday, including two Palestinian militants killed, an Israeli airstrike against Hamas and the shelling of Jewish settlements, threatened to collapse a fragile truce and derail efforts to restart Mideast peace talks.

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