Special report: Palestine-Israel Relations

    GAZA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Hamas movement's armed wing said Wednesday that its fighters have launched some 26 homemade rockets into Israeli targets near Gaza since Tuesday night.

    Some 14 Qassam missiles landed into the southern Israeli city of Sderot early in the night, Ezz el-Deen al-Qassam brigades said in a statement faxed to the press.

    Israel Radio said that 10 residents of Sderot suffered from shock during the attack.

    Hamas also fired rockets on Kissufim and Sufa crossings in southeast Gaza Strip.

    "These rocket attacks are an initial response to the Zionist crimes against our Palestinian people," Hamas vowed.

    Hamas resumed rocket attacks on Tuesday when Israeli air force raided a position of Hamas' police forces in southern Gaza Strip, killing at least six officers.