 It's one of the reasons why we have to unite this country. We cannot allow for this to be happening. We cannot be like this. We cannot condone this. The president returned early to the White House from his home in Delaware. Israel says it has struck a site where Mohammed Date, the commander of the Hamas military wing, was located. Hamas officials claim dozens of people were killed in the airstrike. Israel has been trying to assassinate the senior Hamas leadership since the war began nine months ago.