Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel increased in September. On September 14, senior Hamas operative Ahmed Jaabari threatened to increase attacks against Israel to derail the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. "With the power of faith, weapons and missiles, tunnels and commandos we will achieve victory for Palestine and we'll end the occupation in Gaza too," he said.[41] The next day, two mortar shells containing white phosphorus were fired into Israel from Gaza.[42][43][44] Ten rockets landed in the Eshkol region during the day.[42] A 122-mm.