Israeli Raid On Gaza Kills 6, Including Hams Cadre

Four helicopter gunships fired a total of six missiles at the car, with a seventh fired as bystanders rushed to help the injured, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

Al-Jazeera correspondent said every Palestinian city and village is now targeted as Israel has announced earlier in the day an all-out war on Hamas.

Palestinian Information Minister Nabil Amr, for his part, told the Qatar-based satellite channel that the Israeli escalation signaled that the Israeli government had declared war on the Palestinian Authority itself, calling on all Palestinians to act in unison.

Speaking to Al-Jazeera, Victor Lahmias, an Israeli political analyst, said Israel is now at war to wipe out Hamas completely and to "curb the cycle of violence."
On Wednesday, June 11, two Hamas members were killed in an Israeli air raid on Gaza overnight.

A number of Israeli helicopter gunships flew at low altitude over Gaza, firing rockets on the vehicle carrying Rami Abu Kumeil and Mohamed Daghmash of the Ezzudine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed branch, in Gaza’s Zeitoun district, Palestinian sources told IslamOnline.net.

But the two members jumped out of the car on time, to be then shot by two Israeli missiles, leaving them dead and another lightly injured.

The attack came two days after Israeli helicopters fired several rockets on a car carrying key Hamas figure Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, leaving him injured and two others dead.