Israeli assault targets symbols of Hamas power GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel's air force obliterated symbols of Hamas power on the third day of its Gaza assault Monday, striking next to the Hamas premier's home, devastating a security compound and flattening a building at a university linked to the Islamic group. Skepticism, anger on both sides of Mideast conflict Israeli cable technician Elram Weitzman thinks the Palestinians deserve a state of their own. But he doesn't spend too much time thinking about it. Israeli inquiry into Lebanon war criticizes Olmert Israel's Lebanon war commission leveled scathing criticism against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in an interim report on Monday that cast doubt on his political future but did not call on him to resign.