Hamas: ’Israel’ Martyred Three Top Gaza Commanders, No More Truce Talks

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"Israeli" warplanes martyred three senior Hamas military commanders in airstrikes in the seized Gaza Strip on Thursday, with Hamas declaring truce talks in Cairo over as the Zionist regime said its campaign in seized Gaza might become an extended operation.

Hamas named the men as Mohammad Abu Shammala, Raed al-Attar and Mohammad Barhoum and said they were martyred in a bombing of a house in the southern town of Rafah.

The Zionist regime also targeted Hamas's top military commander, Mohammed Deif, late Tuesday, but failed to martyr him. However, Deif's wife and 7-month-old son were martyred in the "Israeli" airstrike, Hamas said.

Moreover, a military spokeswoman said aircraft carried out 20 assaults on seized Gaza on Thursday but gave no further details.

The "Israeli" military had no immediate comment on what would constitute the martyrdom of the most senior Hamas men since it launched its military aggression on seized Gaza recently six week ago.

Moreover, Hamas warned foreign airlines on Wednesday against flying into Tel Aviv and declared truce talks in Cairo over, as "Israel" said its military campaign in seized Gaza might become an extended operation.

Furthermore, the spokesman of the Hamas armed wing, Abu Obeida, said Hamas was abandoning efforts to negotiate a durable cease-fire with the Zionist regime at Egyptian-brokered talks.

"We are calling on the Palestinian delegation to withdraw immediately from Cairo and not to return," he said in a speech broadcast on Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV channel.

"There will be no return to talks after today and any move in this direction will never achieve any result," he added. "The enemy lost a golden chance to reach a cease-fire with limited demands, for which it will pay after today."

"We are warning international airlines and press them to stop flying into Ben Gurion airport from 6 a.m. Thursday," Abu Obeida said.

Meanwhile, at a news conference in Tel Aviv, Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war, launched July 8, "will be a continued campaign" aimed at restoring "calm and safety" to "Israeli" citizens.

He added, however, that he saw a "new diplomatic horizon" ahead for "Israel" in the region.
His War Minister Moshe Yaalon added that, "All options are open, including renewed ground operations" in seized Gaza.

The warning from Hamas' armed wing came after "Israeli" warplanes struck seized Gaza on Wednesday, as mourners buried the wife and infant son of Hamas' top military commander.
Mohammed Deif, who has topped the Zionist regime's most wanted list for more than a decade, had escaped the assassination attempt, Hamas said.
The Zionist regime, which had carried out five previous attempts on Deif's life, said that it would have no qualms about trying again.

So far, 20 Gazans have been martyred since Tuesday as "Israeli" F16 fighter jets carried out airstrikes, Palestinian medics said.

The Zionist aggression pushed the number of Gazans martyred to 2,047 in six weeks of the most violent assaults by "Israel" since the second Palestinian intifada [uprising] in 2000-2005.

Additionally, the U.N. has said around three-quarters of the victims in seized Gaza have been civilians.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team