Gaza gunmen killed four Palestinians, including three young sons of a senior intelligence leader. Monday’s shooting in Gaza City targeted Fatah loyalist Baha Balousheh. The gunmen sprayed his car with dozens of bullets as it passed through a street filled with schoolchildren. Balousheh was not in the car, but the attack instead killed his sons — aged 9, 6 and 3 — as well as an adult bystander.
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