Hamas leader killed in Israeli helicopter strike
Civilian, another militant also die in Gaza City attack. An Israeli Apache helicopter fired two rockets at a motorcycle in Gaza City Saturday, killing a civilian and two Hamas militants, one of them a senior leader of the military wing of the group, according to Palestinian sources. Seven other civilians were wounded in the attack that killed Wael Nassar, head of Izzedine al Qassam, Hamas’ military wing. His assistant and a bystander also died in the strike. Nassar was a former bodyguard for Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who was killed in an Israeli missile strike in March. Israeli media said the Hamas leaders were in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood when they were killed. Full Story