The Hamas militants who have run Gaza since ousting their secular-minded Fatah rivals last summer have continued to fire rockets and mortars into Israeli towns and farms.

• 哈马斯激进派在去年夏天将与他们长期敌对的法塔赫赶走后控制了加沙，他们继续向以色列城镇和乡村发射火箭和迫击炮。