GAZA, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- At least three people were killed and12 others wounded in a blast ripping through the home of a senior Hamas militant in Gaza early Wednesday, hospital sources said.

    The home was said to belong to Ahmed al-Jabari, a senior commander in the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigade, Hamas's armed wing,who was wounded in the explosion. The cause of the blast was not immediately known. Enditem