Afghanistan, July 26 -- The Israeli military said Sunday that it had killed two Hamas commanders and a military intelligence operative in airstrikes in the Gaza Strip over the past week.

Al Jazeera reported that the Israeli military identified one of the men as Muhannad Asaad Mahmoud Abu Ghazal, whom it described as a commander of a Hamas Nukhba unit. The military said Abu Ghazal was killed in an airstrike in central Gaza six days ago.

The Israeli military also said Raed Hani Mohammed al-Amsi, identified as the commander of Hamas's Aerial Surveillance Platoon, was killed in an airstrike in northern Gaza five days ago.

According to the Israeli military, the same strike also killed Nabhan Mohammed Nabhan al-Amsi, whom it identified as the ...