Crowds of Palestinians converged at the site of the attack The head of the Hamas militant Islamic movement in Gaza, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, has been killed in a targeted Israeli missile strike on his car. Mr Rantissi's death came 26 days after the founder of Hamas, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, was killed in another "targeted killing" by the Israeli military .

Two other people in Mr Rantissi's car died and several passers-by were hurt.

Earlier a suicide bomber killed himself and an Israeli soldier at the Erez checkpoint just north of Gaza City.

The BBC's Peter Greste in Gaza City says people are speculating that the attack on the Hamas chief was in response to the suicide bombing.

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