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In Israeli airstrike.

The message: don’t promote terrorism in Israel. An Israeli airstrike has killed Ahmed al-Jabari, the head of Hamas’s military wing. Jabari was reportedly traveling in a car in Gaza City when the vehicle exploded. He is the seniormost Hamas official to be killed in Gaza in four years, and his death comes just days after Israeli officials said that they were considering assassinating senior figures in Hamas. Israel’s security service said in a statement, “He was the senior commander of the Hamas military wing in the Gaza Strip. As part of his status and activity, Jabari was responsible in the last decade for all terrorist activities against Israel from Gaza.”

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Politicians and foreign diplomats suspect Israel is contemplating a big Gaza offensive, perhaps an invasion, after a weekend of missile and rocket attacks by Hamas. But Netanyahu may be hamstrung by a lack of international support, reports Dan Ephron.

Members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party are urging him to take revenge on the Islamic Hamas group in Gaza after a weekend of missile and rocket attacks that wounded several Israelis and caused damage to homes.

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