Armed Palestinian groups on Tuesday continued firing home-made rockets into southern Israel, one day after the Israeli army withdrew ground troops from northern Gaza Strip.

On Tuesday night, Israeli army also launched a new raid on east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, after the Israel military on Monday withdrew its ground troops from Gaza and completed a five-day incursion in the Palestinian enclave that killed more than 120 Palestinians and wounded hundreds of others.

In another resolution, the AL council reiterated their commitment to the Arab initiative to solve Lebanon's current political crisis, calling on the Lebanese political leaders to conclude the election of Army chief General Michel Suleiman as the country's president and agree on the shape of a future cabinet as soon as possible.

The resolution urged the AL chief to continue his endeavors for promoting the Lebanon initiative to break the political deadlock in the deeply divided country.

Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem (R) arrives at the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo, Egypt, on March 5, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)