Israel Kills Palestinian Rocket Commander in Gaza

(Reuters) Nidal al-Mughrabi - Israel's air force on Saturday killed Islamic Jihad commander Ahmed al-Sheikh Khalil and four of the group's munitions experts in Gaza following an earlier Palestinian cross-border rocket launch at Israel. The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that its aircraft had "targeted a terrorist squad...that was preparing to launch long-range rockets."


2011-10-31 00:00:00

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