JENIN, West Bank, Aug 28 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike killed a Hamas operative and two of his accomplices in the West Bank on Friday, the military said, in a rare use of deadly air power in the occupied territory.Hamas confirmed the man that Israel named as Qais Bitawi was one of its members and condemned the attack that killed him. The allied Islamic Jihad militant group also claimed him as a member.The air strike targeted a car in the area of Jenin in the northern West Bank, the Israeli military and medics said.

The strike targeted Qais Bitawi, who Shin Bet says was head of Hamas activity in Jenin, along with two accomplices; PM and defense minister praise operation as success

Israel’s military said it carried out an airstrike in the West Bank on Friday that killed a Palestinian it described as a Hamas militant operative as well