Israel 'targets Hamas leader Deif'

A Hamas official in Cairo said Israel had been targeting Mohammed Deif, the head of its armed wing.
Israel said about 50 rockets had been fired from Gaza on Tuesday and another 20 on Wednesday, although no injuries have been reported.
The hostilities resumed hours before a temporary ceasefire was due to expire.
Talks in Egypt's capital to end the violence broke up without a deal. Israeli delegates said they would return home.
Siren alert It was not known whether Mohammed Deif had survived Tuesday night's attack, although Hamas' exiled deputy leader Mussa Abu Marzuk was quoted as saying in Cairo that two of the victims were his wife and daughter.
Mr Deif, accused of ordering suicide bomb attacks in Israel several years ago, has survived a number of assassination attempts, which reportedly left him with severe disabilities.
Israeli Interior Minister Gideon Saar told army radio that he was a "legitimate target" and that if an opportunity arose to eliminate him, it should be taken.
Hamas' armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said Israel had opened "the gates of hell" and would pay a heavy price.
Israel's security cabinet was due to discuss the renewed violence later on Wednesday.

Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif

• Leader of Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades since 2002
• Top of Israel's most wanted list for years
• Born in Khan Younis in early 1960s
• Spent time in Israeli jail in 1989
• Mentored by Hamas bomb maker Yehya Ayyash in 1990s
• Blamed for dozens of deaths in spate of suicide bombings from 1996
• Seen as mastermind of recent strategy to build tunnel network under Gaza
• Lost an eye and limbs in earlier assassination attempts

On Wednesday morning, eight people - all believed to be from the same family - were killed in an Israeli strike in central Gaza, local medics said.
In all, about 100 people have been wounded since the ceasefire ended, Palestinian officials say.
In Israel, sirens sounded in a number of cities, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
The Israeli military said it had shot down a number of missiles fired from Gaza.
Officials say that 2,028 Palestinians and 66 Israelis have died since Israel began its offensive on Gaza on 8 July.
'No progress' Azzam al-Ahmad, the lead Palestinian negotiator and a senior member of the Fatah movement, earlier blamed Israel for the failure to reach a deal in Egypt.
"There was an Israeli decision to make the Cairo talks fail," he said in quotes carried by Reuters news agency.
However, Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said that rocket fire from Gaza had "made continuation of talks impossible" and "destroyed the premise upon which the talks were based".
The US has voiced concern about the renewed hostilities, and blamed Hamas, the Gaza-based Palestinian Islamist group.
The Israeli delegation had walked out of the Cairo meeting just hours before a midnight deadline, leaving the fate of the negotiations in question.
But even before that Azzam al-Ahmad told Reuters that there had been "no progress on any point", with big gaps remaining between the two sides.
Israel has been seeking guarantees that Hamas and other factions in Gaza would be disarmed, while the Palestinians were demanding an end to the Israeli and Egyptian blockades of Gaza, and the establishment of a seaport and airport.
Hamas insists it will not give up its weapons, while Israel wants to maintain some control over Gaza's crossings to prevent arms smuggling.
Israel launched Operation Protective Edge on 7 July with the aim of ending rocket fire. It also sought to destroy tunnels dug under the frontier with Israel used by militants to launch attacks.