ISRAEL yesterday pledged a "war to the bitter end" against Hamas but an opinion poll showed a majority of Israelis oppose the stepped-up attacks on leaders of the militant Islamic group.

AN Israeli missile strike killed a senior Hamas militant, his wife and three-year-old daughter in the Gaza Strip yesterday amid a surge of bloodletting that has plunged US-led peace efforts into turmoil.

EFFORTS to find peace in the Middle East were damaged further yesterday as the Israeli prime minister vowed to hunt Hamas militants “to the bitter end” and the Islamic terror group threatened to unleash multiple attacks.

Efforts to find peace in the Middle East took more serious blows today as the Israeli prime minister vowed to hunt Hamas militants “to the bitter end” and the Islamic terror group threatened to unleash multiple attacks.