The Palestinian Hamas movement has confirmed the death of the prime minister of the radical-controlled government of the Gaza Strip, and four other prominent representatives of the movement in bombing raids by Israel last night, Al Arabiya television reports..

It said Hamas "confirmed the death of Gaza Prime Minister Essam al-Daalis, who died in an Israeli airstrike."

Also, the radicals admitted that during the Israeli Air Force raid on the territory of the enclave, Yasser Harb, a member of the Hamas political bureau, Bahjat Abu Sultan, the head of the internal security service of the movement, Mahmoud Abu Watfa, the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Hamas government in Gaza, and Ahmed al-Khatta, the Deputy Minister of Justice of the sector, were killed.