Overnight, Israeli air strikes have killed three top Hamas commanders in Gaza, say militants. <br /><br />Mohammed Abu Shamala, Mohammed Barhoum and Raed al-Attar died in the attack on a four-storey building in Rafah, which also killed civilians in the area. Dozens of people are reported to be missing.<br /><br />The three dead commanders are said to have been central in constructing tunnels, smuggling and kidnapping Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in 2006.<br /><br />The strikes came after yesterday’s failed attempt to kill Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif, whose wife and son were killed in the attack along with several other civilians. <br /><br />That attack prompted retaliatory rocket fire, and militants warned foreign airlines not to use Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport. Air travel has not however been disrupted. <br /><br />During the past six weeks, at least 2,103 people have died, 67 in Israel, and all the rest in Gaza, most of them civilians.
