Ezzedine al Qassam Brigades in a statement identified the leaders as Mohammed Abu Shamala, Raed al Atar and Mohammed Barhum.
Emergency services spokesperson Ashraf al Qudra said eight Palestinians were killed in the strike. Witnesses said the four-storey family home was completely destroyed in a series of air strikes.
Air strike hits funeral
An Israeli air strike killed four Palestinians at a graveyard in Gaza City on Thursday, with medics saying they were attending a funeral.
The raid hit a graveyard in Sheikh Radwan in northern Gaza City, the emergency services spokesperson said, without giving further details.
Separately, the Israeli army said it had struck six militants who were making "final preparations to launch rockets."
It was not immediately clear if the two events were linked.
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Finally Hamas admitted killing those three Israeli Teenagers whose murder sparked this violence.
@The Only Normal Person Here: Too simplistic. Hamas uses people as shields, Hamas fibs about who is and who is not a civilian, most of the U.N.'s info on casualties comes from Hamas-controlled sources, Hamas targets civilians - a war crime - while statistics and in-depth investigations as well as Israel's declared intentions demonstrates that Israel target combatants, commanders, their weaponry, and their installations.
@Citizen26: "@Spud: Your comments are disgrace to Gazans. How can they improve lives by living in an open prison and with 24/7 bloacades and no access to sea, air or land. Please read some facts on Gaza before making such senseless comments." According to you, they are showing good sense by lobbing rockets. Hamas is behaving like any wild animal would when faced with an intelligent enemy. It keeps on doing the only thing it knows to do - growl and attack. Its death is as certain as the death of that wild animal.
@Spud: Your comments are disgrace to Gazans. How can they improve lives by living in an open prison and with 24/7 bloacades and no access to sea, air or land. Please read some facts on Gaza before making such senseless comments.
It was their turn now because not many civilians were left to hide behind.
//The UN says around three-quarters of the victims in Gaza have been civilians. Sixty-four of the Israeli dead were soldiers// sums it up
@mohibullah khan, islamabad: It is just Hamas's PR campaign to get sympathy and money from western and Muslim nations. They know that they are powerless against Israel so why fire rockets at Israel? Why don't they spend time and effort on improving the lives of their citizens by giving them peace. I am sorry to say but this conflict will persist until Hamas sees the futility of their actions which may be many years away or never.
good riddance.
They invited death by provoking Israel. Nobody knows what the Hamas got back by indulging in senseless actions except getting their women and children killed.