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| A senior Hamas leader has been killed by an Israeli air strike on his home in the Gaza Strip, Hamas officials say. | A senior Hamas leader has been killed by an Israeli air strike on his home in the Gaza Strip, Hamas officials say. |
| Nizar Rayyan, the most senior Hamas figure to be killed since 2004, has urged suicide attacks against Israel. | |
| News of the strike came on the sixth day of Israeli strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. | News of the strike came on the sixth day of Israeli strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. |
| Palestinian medical sources say 391 people have been killed. Israel says it is trying to prevent militants from firing rockets into southern Israel. | |
| Mr Rayyan is the most senior Hamas leader to be killed since the death of Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi in April 2004. | |
| His death comes as the main UN agency operating in Gaza, Unwra, has resumed food deliveries, but warns of a dire humanitarian situation in the territory. |