Salah al-Bardawil, a Hamas lawmaker, is quoted in your June 28 issue as explaining that "we did not say we accept two states."

Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas lawmaker, responding to Mr. Olmert's warnings, said, "These threats and the continued Zionist escalation makes any talk about calm pointless."

Early Friday, Israel bombed the offices of Hamas lawmakers, hit a bridge and fired a tank shell that killed a Palestinian.

The soldier, Cpl. Gilad Shalit, is still being held, despite an Israeli military incursion into Gaza and the crackdown on Hamas lawmakers.

Israel, which classifies Hamas as a terrorist organization, has charged many of the Hamas lawmakers with belonging to an illegal organization.

Aziz Dweik, "a leading Hamas lawmaker in the West Bank", said "When we use violence, we help Israel win international support.

Other Fatah gunmen stormed the house of a Hamas lawmaker and burned it down.

Last week, a military court ruled that three other Hamas lawmakers should be freed, but they, too, have remained in custody pending an appeal.

On Friday, Israel revoked the Jerusalem residency of four Hamas lawmakers.

Said Siam, a Hamas lawmaker from Gaza, is considered the likely choice to lead the Interior Ministry, which controls the police and other security agencies.