Hamas' military wing reported that 9 hostages kidnapped in Israel, including 4 foreigners, were killed in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours. Haaretz reports.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military said it had killed Ali Qadi, a company commander of the elite Hamas unit 'Nukheba' that led "the terrorist attack on Israeli communities near the Strip last Saturday." "In 2005, Qadi was captured for killing and kidnapping Israeli civilians and then released in the prisoner exchange for soldier Gilad Shalit."
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu carried out an inspection today in the kibbutzim of Beeri and Kfar Aza, in the area of Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip. "There passed through the ruins of the houses where the terrible massacre took place." This was announced in an official statement issued after the premier had left the area.
Netanyahu met with fighters on the ground, including the commander of the paratroopers brigade. Those villages are now deserted because the inhabitants have been evacuated to safe locations.
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