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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Israeli planes target senior Hamas member’s home
Fresh Israeli airstrikes early Wednesday morning have targeted the home of senior Hamas official.
According to a report in Ynet, the air force struck the home of Fathi Hamad, a former Hamas interior minister in the Gaza Strip.
Another as yet unconfirmed report says that Israel also struck the home of Palestinian MP and senior Hamas official Ismail al-Ashqar.
There’s no immediate report of casualties.
The reports came shortly after the Israeli military notified 100,000 residents of the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate their homes by 8 a.m. Wednesday ahead of airstrikes.