Tel Aviv, Palestine (BBN)-An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza overnight killed three high-ranking members of Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, the militant group said Thursday.

The three men were killed in a bombing in Rafah in southern Gaza, according to Hamas, reports CNN.

They were members of the Qassam Brigades’ 15-member military council.

BBN/JF-21Aug14-12:40pm (BST)