The strikes followed Israel’s arrest of more than 30 officials in the Hamas government.

Palestinian Information Minister Mustafa Barghouti: “The arrest of the minister in President Abbas’s government, Dr. Nasser al-Shaer, the minister of education, and the destruction of an unlimited number of civil society and charitable institutions, all of this, we consider, as a government, represents an attack and assault on the president, his government and the institutions, the elected institutions of the Palestinian people.”

The arrests have also drawn international criticism.

U.N. Middle East envoy Michael Williams: “What worries me is that in most cases, as I understand it, there haven’t been any charges, let alone trials. That is something that disturbs me, and is something that I want to look at in the coming days and weeks.”