Hamas leader killed

Hamas officials say one of its senior leaders has been killed by an Israeli air strike on his home in the Gaza Strip.



Nizar Rayyan, the most senior Hamas figure to be killed since 2004, had urged suicide attacks against Israel.



News of the strike came on the sixth day of Israeli strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.



Palestinian medical sources say 402 people have been killed.



Israel says it is trying to prevent militants from firing rockets into southern Israel.