Israel assassinated a senior Hamas activist Thursday evening in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis. Palestinian sources reported that Bakr Hamdan, 28, a member of the Hamas military wing and a relative of the top Hamas leader in the city, was killed by two missiles fired from an Israeli Apache helicopter. Hamdan was driving through the town at the time.
Two other Hamas operatives in the car were seriously injured, reported AP.
Israeli sources said that Hamdan was involved in the assault on Israeli outpost in Gaza Strip about two weeks ago.
Earlier, two Palestinians were killed in a bomb explosion near the Dir al- Balah refugee camp in Gaza. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, announced the two were killed in a heroic martyrs' operation against Kfar Darom late Wednesday. The PFLP did not explain how the two died. (Albawaba.com)
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