In pictures: Hamas leader killed in Israeli air strike

  • 14 November 2012

Images from the Palestinian territory of Gaza after an Israeli air strike killed the military commander of the Hamas organisation, Ahmed Jabari.

  • Crowds surround the burning wreckage of Ahmed Jabari's car.

    Crowds surround the wreckage of the car in which Ahmed Jabari was travelling when he was killed.

  • Palestinian firefighters extinguish the blaze on the burning wreckage.

    Palestinian firefighters extinguish the blaze on the burning wreckage of Mr Jabari's car.

  • A plume of smoke rises above Gaza City (14 November).

    Smoke rises above Gaza City following the Israeli air strikes on Ahmed Jabari and other targets.

  • A Palestinian man raises his arm in anger at the hospital in Gaza where Jabari's body was brought

    Furious Palestinians react to the assassinationm of Jabari. Hamas says the attack by Israeli has opened the "gates of hell".

  • A Palestinian weeps outside the Shifa hospital.

    Mourners gathered at Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Shots were fired into the air outside the hospital.

  • Ahmed Jabari (bottom right) poses with Hamas leader Khaled Meshal (bottom left) in Cairo last year.

    Ahmed Jabari (bottom right) posed with Hamas leader Khaled Meshal (bottom left) in Cairo last year after a prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel.

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