 In 2007 , Hamas overthrew Fatah forces in the Gaza Strip and Hamas members were dismissed from the PNA government in the West Bank in response . Currently , Hamas has de facto control of the city and Strip . Israel bombarded Gaza and nearby cities in the Gaza Strip in an air and ground assault codenamed " Operation Summer Rains " with the aim to end continued Qassam rocket attacks launched by Hamas and Islamic Jihad , and to secure the release of an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants . 
