Photo: A Palestinian woman searches for her belongings inside her destroyed house after an Israeli air strike near the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip February 7, 2009. Israeli aircraft fired several missiles in the Gaza Strip on Friday after two rockets fired from the Hamas-controlled territory landed in Israel, none of the attacks causing any injuries. An Israeli military spokesman confirmed the air strikes but gave no further details. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA)
REUTERS/IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA

So, a couple more rockets into Israel and Israeli aircraft fire missiles into Gaza. The difference between the two?

- we know who is firing the Israeli missiles, and don’t know who is firing from Gaza (see below)

- Israeli missiles do a heck of a lot of damage (see above), not so for the missiles from Gaza

Israeli newspaper reports that Hamas 'not responsible' for recent rocket attacks:

However, an Israeli security official acquitted Hamas of responsibility for the most recent attacks. "Our intelligence says it's not them," he said. Instead, other groups, notably Islamic Jihad, the Popular Resistance Committees and fighters linked to the supposedly moderate Fatah movement are thought to have launched these strikes.

Israeli officials disagree over whether Hamas, which still controls Gaza's government, is capable of stopping the attacks. Another senior official said that at present, with its organisation shattered by Israel's offensive, Hamas was probably unable to prevent other groups from firing rockets.

But the question is: WHAT other groups? US-funded and backed Fatah? Israeli black ops? Who knows?

Only thing we know for sure is that this shooting off missiles and using violence to get what you want is getting nowhere fast.