According to Tariq Ali, however, the bombing was carried out by a "self-proclaimed 'Hamas' cell from Hebron, disowned and denounced by the official leadership."

An Israeli aircraft fired at the Hamas cell that had launched the rockets and scored a direct hit.

The Israeli military said that the Hamas men were planning to launch rockets at southern Israel, and that the same Hamas cell was involved in rocket fire a day earlier.

A1 Israeli Intelligence Criticized Israeli intelligence came under criticism for its failure to crack the Hamas cell that carried out the twin suicide bombings in Beersheba.

The Israeli military has waged a concerted campaign that has smashed many Hamas cells in the West Bank, but the public leaders in Gaza appeared to be off limits.

Three members of a Hamas cell in Jerusalem that orchestrated the Pi Glilot attack were given life sentences for other attacks that killed 35 people.

They charged Salah with passing out more than $100,000 to Hamas military cells in several West Bank and Gaza cities.

Israeli security officials continued to issue warnings that the same Hamas cell responsible for suicide bombings in July and this month might strike again.

It was carried out by an East Jerusalem-based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others.

According to the Israeli air force, Hamas cells have been firing rockets from within densely populated areas and attempting to use Palestinian civilians as human shields.