(Jerusalem Post) Margot Dudkevitch - The Israel Air Force launched five separate air attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip Monday. According to Palestinian reports, among those killed were senior Hamas commander Imad Akel and several Hamas members. Targets included a bomb factory, a warehouse where weapons and explosives were stockpiled, a vehicle containing two terrorists in charge manufacturing Kassam rockets, mortar shells, and explosives used in attacks, and a second vehicle containing Hamas terrorists. In the attack on the warehouse, Israeli security officials said the size of the explosion showed that it had been full of weapons and explosives.
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