3 Hamas leaders killed in rocket strikes

(CNN) -- An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza overnight killed three high-ranking members of Hamas' military wing, the Qassam Brigades, the militant group said Thursday.

The three members of the Brigades' 15-member military council were killed in a bombing in Rafah in southern Gaza, according to Hamas.

The announcement of their deaths come the day after Hamas said an Israeli strike had killed the wife and 7-month-old son of Mohammed Deif, the head of the military wing. The strike failed to kill Deif, Hamas said.

Role in capture of Israeli soldier

 

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The militant group, which controls Gaza, said the leaders killed overnight were Mohammed Abu Shamala, Raed al-Attar and Mohammed Barhoum.

Al-Attar, the commander of the Qassam Brigades in Rafah, is believed to be the most senior of the three.

The Israeli military said it had confirmed that it had killed al-Attar and Abu Shamala, describing them as "high-ranking Hamas commanders responsible for major terror attacks against Israelis."

Al-Attar played a "major role" in the capture of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in 2006, the Israel Defense Forces said on its Twitter account. Shalit was held captive until a deal was struck for his release in 2011 in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.

"This morning's strike sends a clear message to those responsible for planning attacks," IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said in a statement. "We will strike those that have terrorized our communities, towns and cities, we will pursue the perpetrators of abduction of our soldiers and teenagers, and we will succeed in restoring security to the State of Israel."

Renewed fighting

The return to violence between Israel and Hamas began Tuesday after a cease-fire and peace talks in Cairo fell apart with each side blaming the other.

The Egyptian-brokered negotiations were aimed at finding a lasting end to the current Gaza conflict, which has killed more than 2,000 Palestinians, most of them believed to be civilians. The fighting, which erupted in early July, has killed 67 people on the Israeli side, most of them soldiers.

But the two sides failed to reach a compromise, with Israel calling for Gaza to be demilitarized and Hamas requesting, among other things, the lifting of Israel's economic blockade on Gaza.

Humanitarian groups have warned of a dire situation in Gaza, where tens of thousands of people have been left homeless amid the destruction caused by the conflict.

The Israeli military said Thursday that more than 225 rockets have been fired at Israel from Gaza since the truce collapsed this week. Over the same period, Israeli forces have attacked around 150 targets in Gaza, the IDF said.

Hamas threatens airport

"Our policy is simple: If you shoot, you will get attacked," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday. "If you try more, you will get double."

Israel will not stop its efforts against Hamas "until we can ensure full safety and security" for people in Israel's south, the prime minister said.

The Qassam Brigades on Wednesday warned international airlines to refrain from landing at or taking off from Ben Gurion Airport in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv from Thursday morning onward.

U.S. aviation authorities briefly banned U.S. carriers from flying to and from the airport in late July after a Hamas rocket struck nearby. Many international airlines followed suit, canceling flights to and from Tel Aviv.

But flights picked up again after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration lifted the ban. Israeli officials, including Netanyahu, had lobbied Washington to reverse the extraordinary order.

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新：以色列表示，兩名死者分別負責“對以色列人的重大恐怖襲擊”
新品：其中一人在以色列士兵的捕獲於2005年起了“重要的作用”
哈馬斯：空襲的房子在拉法殺死了卡桑旅的3高級領導人
他們是該組織的15名成員組成的軍事委員會成員
（CNN） -在一所房子在加沙以色列空襲一夜之間殺死了哈馬斯軍事派別3高級會員，卡桑旅的武裝組織週四表示。
該旅“15名成員組成的軍事委員會的三名成員被打死在拉法轟炸加沙南部，據哈馬斯。
他們死訊的公佈來後的第二天哈馬斯稱以色列攻擊殺害了妻子和7個月大的兒子穆罕默德·戴夫的軍事派系的頭。這次罷工失敗殺戴夫，哈馬斯說。
在以色列士兵的捕獲作用
哈馬斯：我們的目標特拉維夫機場
該武裝組織，控制加沙地帶，說一夜之間被殺的領導人穆罕默德·阿布垃圾處理廠，拉伊德·阿塔爾和穆罕默德·巴爾胡姆。
阿塔爾，卡桑旅在拉法的指揮官，被認為是最高級的三個。
以色列軍方說，它已證實，它已殺了阿塔爾和阿布垃圾處理廠，把他們描述為“負責對以色列人的重大恐怖襲擊的高級哈馬斯指揮官。”
阿塔爾效力於以色列士兵沙利特於2006年拍攝了“重要的作用”，以色列國防軍表示，在其Twitter帳戶。沙利特被關押，直到協議達成釋放他於2011年，以換取超過1000名巴勒斯坦囚犯。
“今天早上的罷工發出一個明確的信息，那些策劃襲擊，”以色列國防軍發言人中校彼得·勒納在一份聲明中說。“我們會在那些恐嚇我們的社區，城鎮和城市，我們將繼續我們的士兵和青少年綁架的罪犯，我們將在恢復安全對以色列的國家取得成功。”
戰火重燃
回到以色列和哈馬斯之間的暴力衝突開始後，週二停火與和平談判在開羅與兩側指責對方土崩瓦解。
埃及斡旋談判的目的是找到一個持久的結束目前的加沙衝突，已造成超過000名巴勒斯坦人，其中大部分認為是平民。戰鬥，這下子在七月初，已造成以色列方面67人，其中大多數是士兵。
但雙方未能達成妥協，以色列呼籲加沙地帶實現非軍事化和哈馬斯要求，除其他事項外，以色列對加沙的經濟封鎖解除。
人道團體警告說，嚴峻的形勢在加沙的數万人，其中無家可歸際衝突造成的破壞。
以色列軍方週四表示，超過225個火箭已經發射了以色列從加沙地帶以來，休戰本週倒塌。在同一時期，以色列軍隊襲擊了約150個目標，在加沙地帶，以色列國防軍說。
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“我們的政策很簡單：如果你拍，你會被襲擊，”以色列總理本雅明·內塔尼亞胡說，星期三。“如果你嘗試更多的，你會得到雙倍。”
以色列不會停止對哈馬斯的努力，“直到我們能夠確保全面的安全和保障”的人在以色列南部，總理說。
週三卡桑旅警告國際航空公司的起降或週四上午從Ben Gurion機場起飛的以色列城市特拉維夫以後不要。
美國航空管理部門簡單地禁止美國航空公司飛往返機場在七月下旬後，哈馬斯的火箭襲擊附近。許多國際航空公司紛紛效仿，取消航班，從特拉維夫。
但航班再度回升後，美國聯邦航空管理局解除了禁令。以色列官員，包括內塔尼亞胡曾遊說華盛頓扭轉非凡的才能。