Saadi al-Arabit, a local leader of Ezzedin al-Qassam Brigades, armed wing of the Islamic radical movement Hamas, was among those killed in the double missile strike on a residential district, security sources said.

An aide was also killed, while women and children were among the 47 wounded, eight of whom were in critical condition, medical sources said.

The latest deaths bring to 3,139 the number of people killed since the September 2000 of the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation, including 2,362 Palestinians and 719 Israelis.

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