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Israeli Gaza air strike 'kills at least two' Israeli Gaza air strike kills militant leader
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Two men have been killed by an Israeli strike on a car in Gaza, say reports. A senior Palestinian militant leader has been killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza, Israeli and Palestinian sources say.
Hamas security officials said the dead included the secretary general of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), Zuheir Qaisi, and a former Israeli prisoner from Nablus. Zohair al-Qaisi, secretary general of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), was targeted because he was planning an attack, the Israelis said.
The second man had been freed under a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas that led to the release of the captured soldier Gilad Shalit in October. Another militant was also killed.
A third man is reported to have been injured in the attack, near Gaza City. He had recently been released under a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas that led to the release of the captured soldier Gilad Shalit in October.
The Israeli military has confirmed that it carried out an air strike in the Palestinian territory but has not given further details. Medical sources say a third man was seriously injured in the attack, near Gaza City.
Witnesses say Israeli drones were heard in the area shortly before the car burst into flames, Associated Press reports.
The strike came a few hours after two mortar shells fired from Gaza landed in Israel without causing injury.
An Israeli military spokesman said Mr Qaisi was behind a series of gun and bomb attacks near Israel's border with Egypt last year, in which eight Israelis were killed.
Ten of the attackers and five Egyptian soldiers also died.
The PRC is a coalition of armed factions in Gaza that is loyal to Hamas but sometimes operates separately. It has carried out rocket and mortar attacks against Israel.The PRC is a coalition of armed factions in Gaza that is loyal to Hamas but sometimes operates separately. It has carried out rocket and mortar attacks against Israel.
The former head of the PRC, Kamal al-Nairab, and its military chief were killed in a similar Israeli attack last year.The former head of the PRC, Kamal al-Nairab, and its military chief were killed in a similar Israeli attack last year.