Wednesday 20 August 2014 15.17 Hamas has said its military leader, Mohammed Deif, is alive and still commanding attacks against Israel, following air strikes which killed his wife and child
The commander of Hamas' armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, is still leading military operation, a source close to the Islamist movement told AFP.
Mr Deif's wife and infant son along with another woman and a teenager were killed after an Israeli air strike levelled a six-storey house in Gaza City.
Following the attack it was not immediately clear whether Mr Deif had also been killed or injured.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri issued a statement, saying Israelis would not be safe until Mr Deif decided so.
"The occupation will pay for its crimes against Palestinian civilians and those living around the Gaza border will not return home until Mohammed Deif decides so," he said.
Earlier, Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called for military action to overturn Hamas, saying the Islamist movement was clearly dictating the pace of the confrontation.
"This policy of 'quiet for quiet' effectively means that Hamas is the initiator and the one deciding when, where and how to shoot at Israeli citizens," he wrote on his Facebook page.
"Hamas is controlling the height of the flames and chooses when to disturb the rhythm of life for people in Israel," he said, indicating the rocket fire from Gaza was unlikely to stop.
"When we speak seriously about Israelis' security we must understand that there is no other option other than decisive action with one meaning - toppling Hamas."
Mr Lieberman is one of the most hard-line members of Israel's inner security cabinet, which was meeting this afternoon to discuss the situation, media reports said.
Palestinian health authorities said 20 people have died and at least 120 wounded by Israeli strikes across Gaza.
Among those killed were three women and nine children.
Israeli army figures show that since the latest truce collapsed, Gaza militants have fired 137 rockets over the border, of which 94 hit southern and central Israel, while another 24 were shot down.
In the same period, the army hit 92 targets across Gaza, a spokeswoman said.
The latest violence has raised the overall death toll in Gaza to around 2,038 with more than 10,300 people wounded.
On the Israeli side, 67 people have died - 64 soldiers and three civilians.
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