GAZA (Reuters) - Israel’s air force pounded the Gaza Strip early on Saturday hours after the Islamist group and other militants signaled softer terms for ending cross-border rocket salvoes.

Helicopter gunships fired missiles at several Hamas targets, including a wood shop, militia posts, and a guardhouse outside the home of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh.

At least three people, all passersby, were hurt, doctors said.

The new barrage came hours after Hamas’s armed wing and other militant factions said they were considering a proposal by moderate President Mahmoud Abbas for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Previously, militants had demanded that in order to revive a Gaza truce declared in November, Israel must also agree to ceasing hostilities in the occupied West Bank, another territory where Palestinians seek statehood. Israel rebuffed that demand.

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