[GSlob]

"Earlier in the day, about two dozen armed Al Aqsa militants took over the governor's office and two other government buildings in the northern Gaza Strip for several hours."
So, the Israelis had several hours window to target their barrage at these administrative buildings, but instead targeted some empty [pre-dawn hours] buildings. Speak of misdirected effort and wasted ammunition.

[CondorFlight]

"He also says that his security forces, destroyed during five years of fighting with Israel, do not have the means to take on the militants."

So any agreement with him can't be kept, because he isn't the effective ruler of his "country".
So, since he's only a figurehead, why bother to negotiate with him--it will all be meaningless.