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Hamas leader killed

GAZA CITY, July 23. An Israeli warplane attacked a house in a crowded, rundown Gaza City neighbourhood early today, killing a leading Hamas militant and at least 11 other Palestinians, including women and children.

The air strike came as Palestinians and Israelis were trading ideas to relieve tensions in the West Bank, and is likely to derail the efforts as the Hamas threatened to take revenge.

The attack killed Salah Shehadeh, commander of the military wing of the Hamas, known as Izzadine el-Qassam, the group said.

``Hamas mourns the hero, the leader, Salah Shehadeh,'' a Hamas spokesman, Ismail Haniyeh, said in a statement. ``Anyone who dreams of so-called peace is mistaken. There is nothing called `peace with Israel.''

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