Posted on 08/21/2014 5:32:47 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
The armed wing of Hamas announced Thursday that three of its senior commanders were killed in a pre-dawn Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades in a statement identified the leaders as Mohammed Abu Shamalah, Raed al-Attar and Mohammed Barhum. Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said eight people were killed in the strike.
Witnesses said a four-storey family home was completely destroyed in a series of air strikes.
The airstrike was carried out based on intelligence provided by the Shabak (Israel Security Agency), which led to the identification of two central Hamas figures.
Most senior commanders in southern Gaza
Mohammed Abu Shamalah, 40, was the most senior Hamas commander in southern Gaza, classified by security services as the head of the "Southern Command" of Hamas. Abu Shamalah was responsible for the areas of Rafiah and Khan Younis, and is a longtime friend and associate of Ezzedine al-Qassam's elusive leader, Mohammed Deif, who was himself targeted in an IDF strike yesterday - a strike he is believed to have survived.
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GOAL!
Works for me. Keep up the good work Israel!
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Never mind the Hamas officials, they need to take out the voters.
Hey Obama, you punk, this is how its done.
2006 Elections, Hamas won a majority by 44% of the vote, the same proportion as Hitler and the Nazis won in the Reichstag elections of 1933. We didn’t hestitate to carpet bomb German cities in order to win the war that eventually resulted. Israel would be fully justified bombing the absolute crap out of Gaza, taking over what is left and comprehensively de-Hamasising the survivors.
I always hope the they have time to suffer in pain.
Way to go Israel and the IDF.
Keep knocking down every one that these terrorists line up.
The poor bastards didn’t get a chance to surround themselves with children or get into a school or a hospital.
Another reason why summer vacation is bad. Where is a class of five-year-olds when the IDF is lobbing missiles at you?
Are HAMAS commanders on sale? Kill two, get one free?
Time to go shopping ...
And think of all the savings you gain in the lives of innocents...
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