Israel air raids on Gaza kill 3

A top Salafist leader and two other militants were killed in overnight air strikes on Gaza, as Israel yesterday vowed to "act aggressively" against jihadists.
In the first of two deadly strikes, which took place in the northern town of Jabaliya late on Saturday, the Israeli air force killed two Salafist militants in the second such raid targeting radical Islamists within a week.
Several hours later, Israeli warplanes targeted two militants from the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in the southern city of Khan Yunis, killing one of them.
The attack late on Saturday killed Sheikh Hisham al-Saedini, 43, head of Salafist group Tawhid wal-Jihad.
Saedini was one of the top Salafist militants in Gaza and in late 2008 founded the Mujahedeen Shura Council, which has claimed a spate of rocket attacks on Israel in recent days.