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Thursday, August 21, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Hamas leaders are killed in Rafah strike
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe three Hamas senior commanders — Mohammed Abu Shamaleh, Mohammed Barhoum and Raed al-Attar — are killed in the Israeli airstrike near the southern town of Rafah early this morning.
Palestinian police and health officials say that six people are killed in the Rafah strike and that dozens of others remain trapped in the rubble of a four-story building targeted by Israel.
Israel Radio’s Gal Berger says that Hamas’s military wing has few commanders, and that the assassinations are a heavy blow to the terror organization.
— AP contributed
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