Israel Mulls Renewing Truce With Hamas As Rockets Continue T

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The air force  carried out two air-strikes against Palestinian rocket-launching squads in the Gaza Strip on saturday night capping the weekend in which over 20 kassam rockets and mortar shells were fired at Israel.  Palestinian sources reported that two terrorists were injured in the second attack, one of them critically. On Sunday morning, a rocket landed in the Eshkol region. No casualties or damage were reportedPalestinian groups said the weekend rocket barrage was in response to violence by settler against Arabs in Hebron, which broke out Thursday night following the evacuation of the city's disputed Beit Hashalom. Despite the escalation in rocket attacks Defense Minister Ehud Barak reportedly does