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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Hamas leader al-Zahar’s home seen destroyed
Pictures of the destroyed home of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar emerge on social media.
לפי דיווח פלס': זה ביתו של בכיר חמאס מחמוד א-זהאר שהופצץ הלילה. א-זהאר במרכז התמונה עם החמושים. לובש מדים וחמוש pic.twitter.com/7MTaudMMoN
— Gal Berger גל ברגר (@galberger) July 16, 2014
There were no reports of casualties in the Israeli air strike on the home overnight.

Mahmoud al-Zahar attends a demonstration in Khan Yunis in 2012. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash 90)
Al-Zahar, a former Gazan foreign minister, was most recently in the news for saying that no Hamas forces would come under the control of the Palestinian Authority, after a unity government was formed in June.
In June, he warned that Hamas rockets could hit any city in Israel.