The Israeli army announced today in a statement that in yesterday's strike in the southern city of Khan Younis killed a senior commander from the radical Palestinian group "Hamas" occupying a strategic position, AFP reported, quoted by BTA.
"The Israeli Air Force hit and eliminated the commander of the "Hamas" in Khan Younis - Rafa Salama, in the area of the city of Khan Younis," the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement. Salama was one of the "close associates of Mohammed Deif, commander of the military wing of "Hamas,", the Israeli army also said.
Yesterday, she said Deif had been targeted in the Khan Younis strike, but it was not clear if he had been killed - something Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later said. According to the Health Ministry of "Hamas" the Palestinians killed in Israel's attack are over 70.