Israeli bombers struck Palestinian targets in Gaza city, Deir el Balach in the east and Rafah in the south Friday night, July 30 - in the wake of a Palestinian Iranian-made Grad missile which damaged a high-rise apartment building in Ashkelon, leaving 17 people in shock.

One senior Hamas officer was killed and 8 injured in the raid of an Iran-funded command center set up after Hamas called up all men aged 18 to 25 for its new Palestinian Popular Army.