The Palestinian Authority on Friday condemned a series of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip that had left four people dead by late Friday, state media in Ramallah said. PLO official Saeb Erekat told Voice of Palestine radio that Israel was trying to "sabotage" the calm that had prevailed in the region following reconciliation efforts, Wafa reported. He accused the Israeli government of seeking to end the calm not only in Gaza, but through an increase in settlement construction as well as controversial work in Jerusalem and attacks on holy places.