A Hamas militant stands guard in Deir el-Balah in Gaza in 2006. An Israeli air strike killed two Palestinian teenagers near Deir el-Balah early on Tuesday, a Palestinian medical official said. Four ... more 

A Hamas militant stands guard in Deir el-Balah in Gaza in 2006. An Israeli air strike killed two Palestinian teenagers near Deir el-Balah early on Tuesday, a Palestinian medical official said. Four rockets were later fired into southern Israel's Hof Ashkelon district, with Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip and generally maintains a tacit truce with Israel, making a rare claim of responsibility less