CNN has an article up about Israel’s smackdown on Hamas et al.:

An Israeli air strike Wednesday killed the head of Hamas’ military wing, the first strike in what the Israeli military called a broader operation against terrorist targets.

The attack on a vehicle carrying Ahmed al-Ja’abari in Gaza was part of “an extensive program of direct offensive strikes against Hamas, Islamic Jihad” and other terrorist targets approved by Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, the Israeli Defense Forces chief of staff, an IDF statement said.

Described by the IDF as a “surgical operation,” the strike came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned this week of pending retaliation by Israel for increased rocket attacks from Gaza.

Taher al-Nunu, a spokesman for the Hamas-led government in Gaza, confirmed that al-Ja’abari died in an Israeli airstrike. Medical sources told CNN that al-Ja’abari’s bodyguard also was killed in the attack.

According to a CNN reporter, a total of eight Israeli strikes have occurred in Gaza Wednesday. No details were immediately available on the other strikes.

Angry crowds gathered at the heavily damaged vehicle that contained al-Ja’abari and his bodyguard, and analysts warned that the Israeli attacks could lead to an escalation in the ongoing conflict.

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