Israel Kills Head of Hamas Military Wing
Mon Jul 22, 6:54 PM ET

By Shahdi al-Kashif

GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike early on Tuesday killed at least 10 Palestinians including the head of the military wing of the fundamentalist Islamic group Hamas, a senior Hamas official said.

"We have confirmation that the leader of the military wing of Hamas, Sheikh Salah Shehada, was killed in this attack," the senior official, Ismail Haniyeh, told reporters.

Doctors at Gaza's Shifa Hospital said at least nine other people, including three children and four women, were killed in the air raid in Gaza City. They said some 90 were wounded.

The Israeli army had no immediate comment.

Palestinian witnesses said an Israeli F-16 warplane fired a missile that brought down five houses, reducing them to rubble.