Israel kills Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza airstrike

Israel killed a top Islamic Jihad militant in an airstrike just hours after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he hoped to reach a full peace deal with Israel in less than a year.

Three Gaza airstrikes yesterday killed five Palestinians, including the military leader of the Islamic Jihad there. He was one of three killed when a missile fired from an Israeli aircraft incinerated a vehicle in southern Gaza City.