Deputy Commander Ahmed al-Jaabari of Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Ahmed Said Khalil al-Jabari, has been killed in an Israeli air strike. Witnesses said he was travelling in a car in Gaza City when it exploded. Jabari is the most senior Hamas official to be killed in Gaza since an Israeli offensive four years ago. Israeli officials said in recent days that they were considering assassinating top Hamas officials following a wave of heavy rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. Since Saturday, four Palestinian civilians and three militants, including Jabari, have been killed in Gaza, and dozens injured, according to the BBC.