Senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan killed in Israeli strike: medics
A senior leader of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, Nizar Rayan, was killed in an Israeli air strike in its Gaza Strip stronghold on Thursday, medics said.
Palestinians transport an injured man to Al-Shifa hospital, after an overnight Israeli air strike, in Gaza City August 19, 2011.Israeli aircraft struck Hamas security installations in Gaza on Friday, killing at least one Palestinian, in further retaliation for attacks along the Egyptian border in which eight Israelis died.