The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the terrorist arm of the Fatah party, has been fully integrated into the Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces, Fatah spokesman Ahmad Abd Ar-Rahman said in a letter denying that its terrorists fired rockets on Israel.

He added that Al Aqsa supports the current temporary ceasefire, which has been broken several times by rocket and mortar shelling attacks. Hamas has accused Fatah terrorists of the attacks in an effort to undermine the agreement.