BREAKING: Hamas Confirms three of its senior commanders killed in a pre-dawn Israeli air strike on Rafah

Armed wing of Hamas announces that three of its senior commanders have been killed in a pre-dawn Israeli air strike on Rafah.

wo senior Hamas commanders, including the head of Hamas’s southern command in the Gaza Strip, were killed in Rafah Wednesday night, both Israel and Hamas confirmed Thursday morning


“The strike was the result of intelligence and operational activities, which led to the detection and attack on two central operatives from the heart of Hamas’s military leadership,” the Shin Bet security service said in a statement.

Israeli air strike on Gaza City kills wife, infant daughter of elusive Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif

An Israeli air strike on Gaza City kills the wife and infant daughter of elusive Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif as Truce talks between Israelis and Palestinians collapse, Israel's Haaretz says.

"The wife of the great leader was martyred with his daughter," in a strike on Tuesday night, Hamas' exiled deputy leader Moussa Abu Marzouk wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.

He said nothing about the fate of Mr Deif himself. He said Israel had been looking for "an excuse to target a big Hamas leader".

Egyptian attempts to broker an end to a month-long war between Israel and Hamas militants collapsed in heavy fighting Tuesday, with Palestinian militants firing dozens of rockets and Israel responding with airstrikes across the Gaza Strip.