[Ha'aretz] Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff - During Israel's Gaza operation, the IDF and the Israel Security Agency killed approximately 20 commanders of the Hamas military wing, who held positions ranging from company commander to brigade commander. Israel also killed three of Hamas' top ten leaders: Nizar Riyyan, Said Siam and Salah Abu-Shreikh. Most of the senior Hamas figures hid in a bunker - which had been built by Israel - under Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, as well as in bunkers under the buildings housing foreign delegations, such as that of Qatar. Hamas also made use of nearly 100 public bomb shelters that had been built in the settlements of Gush Katif and were not destroyed by the IDF during the disengagement. The shelters were used as arms depots and hideouts for militants.
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