Israel Hits Gaza Targets as Air Strike Kills Hamas Leader

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(Bloomberg) Israeli jets struck the Gaza Strip today, killing the leader of Hamas’s military wing as the army pledged the use of ground troops if required to end attacks on its citizens.

The Israeli army said it called up reserves in advance of a possible infantry assault. It said Ahmed al-Jabari was targeted by a “surgical strike” and identified him as a senior figure “who served in the upper echelon of the Hamas command and was directly responsible for executing terror attacks,” according to an e-mailed statement.

“Today we delivered a clear message to Hamas and other terrorist groups,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised address. “If there is a need, the Israeli military is ready to broaden the operation.” The violence sent oil prices higher.

The Israeli strikes follow a barrage of more than 115 rockets from Gaza into Israel this week, adding to a total of about 14,000 missiles fired from the territory in the past 11 years, according to the Israeli Defense Ministry. Since the conclusion of Israel’s 2008 ground attack on Gaza, the government has said that it holds Hamas responsible for the rocket attacks because it runs the coastal territory. ...................(more)

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1. Huh?

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2. Care to elaborate?