Fragile Mideast cease-fire endures another day

Israeli officers examine a dead donkey who was used to pull a bomb-laden cart that exploded at Dahaniyeh village in Gaza

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- The tentative cease-fire brokered last week held Sunday despite new incidents of violence and bickering within the Israeli Cabinet over how to proceed on any truce with the Palestinians.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society said an 11-year-old Palestinian child, Ali Abu Shaweesh, was killed by a live bullet in the chest fired by the Israeli army in Khan Yunis in Gaza, near a Jewish settlement. The Israeli army said it was investigating that report.

In another incident, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy died overnight after Palestinian gunmen opened fire on Israeli soldiers. Palestinian sources said the boy may have been the victim of friendly fire, and the Israelis are not being blamed for that shooting.

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Sunday, Israeli soldiers destroyed a bomb-laden donkey cart after a Palestinian man rode it up to an Israeli position in southern Gaza and set off a small explosion.

No Israeli soldiers were wounded there. The Palestinian man was shot, wounded and captured by Israeli soldiers.

On the diplomatic front, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan continued to press the Israelis and Palestinians to move forward on the truce. He called for "a clear definition of the road ahead with no time lines" and warned against focusing exclusively on a cessation of hostilities.

Talking to reporters, he said it needs to be clear "that if we implement the cease-fire, that's not the end of the road."

Bickering erupted at a meeting of the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday, government sources said, over a proposal for a three-way meeting between Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, Annan, and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres.

Arafat reportedly suggested the meeting to Annan, but Prime Minister Ariel Sharon turned it down, reiterating his stance there would be no negotiating until all violence had ceased. Government sources said right-wingers accused Peres of trying to usurp Sharon's authority, but Peres said he had a right to be heard in the National Unity government.

Peres and Sharon later mended their differences, sources said.