T wenty-five rockets in nine days — that’s the tally of the recent missile fire from Gaza. But despite appearances Israel’s defense establishment says that Hamas isn’t interested in a fight. What’s more likely is that following President Trump’s December 6 Jerusalem declaration the Hamas leadership gave the extremist Salafi organizations and perhaps Islamic Jihad free rein to fire missiles. Since then Hamas has been having a hard time coaxing the genie back into the bottle. Hamas’s defense forces have arrested Salafi activists involved in the fire but it will take time it seems for them to reestablish calm.