Hamas rockets fall, Israel considers escalation
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Hamas kept up rocket fire into Israel on Monday in defiance of a ceasefire call by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli threats to escalate military strikes in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel killed two Hamas militants in an air strike on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and the Islamist group's leader said the conflict may be heading towards "an explosion".
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Israel dismisses early rocket fire as hiccups but warns it will retaliate if  attacked by Palestinian militants
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World powers have largely abandoned hope that Hamas radicals will drop anti-Israel positions that have riven the Palestinian leadership and led to a cutoff of direct international aid. Now diplomats are looking for a new approach.
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Hamas has vowed to hit back hard for Israel&#39;s assassination of the &quot;Father of the Qassam&quot; rocket, a weapon symbolising Palestinian militants&#39; defiance of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his plan to quit Gaza.
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The attack underlines the potential of the violent Hamas-Fatah power struggle to spill over into Israel.
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Israel is examining a Hamas truce proposal delivered by Egypt, defense officials said Thursday after at least six Palestinians were killed in a day of Israeli air and ground strikes aimed at stopping rocket salvos from Gaza.
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JERUSALEM : The Israeli government said it expects an upsurge in attacks by Palestinian hardliners ahead of its Gaza withdrawal, as a top Hamas fighter&#39;s assassination triggered an immediate response with a rocket attack.
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Israel threatens to retaliate after two brothers are injured by rockets fired from Gaza by Palestinian militants.
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Strikes against rocket launch sites are first since Hamas took control last week.
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Rocket fire from Gaza died down Sunday after a daybreak cease-fire, raising hopes for an end to five months of bloody destruction and a new opening toward peace talks.
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Halting Palestinian rocket attacks could be crucial for Sharon&#39;s plan to abandon occupied Gaza next year. Criticism has soared since a. Palestinian rocket killed two Israeli toddlers at a border town last Wednesday.
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ZIKKIM, Israel  - A rocket launched by Palestinian militants in Gaza on Tuesday wounded some 30 soldiers in Israel, an attack likely to increase pressure on Israeli leaders to crack down on the Hamas-controlled territory.
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Israeli air strikes killed five  Palestinians in Gaza Thursday after Hamas militants renewed  threats to rain rockets on nearby Israel despite a massive  16-day-old army offensive aimed at crushing them.
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An apparent Israeli missile attack on a Hamas activist in Gaza City leaves five dead.
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The Palestinian Hamas movement said on Sunday that it fired a homemade Qassam rocket at the southern Israeli town of Sderot. Israeli sources said that two people were slightly injured and that six others were being treated for shock.
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Palestinian militants escalate rocket fire and Israel says it will keep up military pressure on Gaza.