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| Israel hits Hamas, Islamic Jihad leaders |
| 2014-07-09 |
| [TIMESOFISRAEL] Israel launched a major operation against Hamas and other terror groups in Gaza in the early hours of Tuesday morning, dubbed Operation Protective Edge, following heavy Hamas rocket fire over the preceding days. By Tuesday night, Hamas had fired over 140 rockets in 24 hours into Israel, as far north as Hadera; Iron Dome intercepted about 30 of them. Palestinian media put the Gaza death toll at over 20. Israel also thwarted an infiltration from the sea. An Israeli airstrike killed a top Islamic Jihad member in the northern Gaza Strip early Wednesday morning along with five others. Hafiz Hamad, a leader of Islamic Jihad's Al-Quds Brigades, died in an airstrike on his house in Beit Hanoun, the Palestinian Ma'an news agency reports. Another two airstrikes are reported to have taken place in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Two Palestinians are reported dead in the attacks. |
| Posted by:Fred |