Gaza, July 17, SPA -- Israeli forces shot dead a commander of the Palestinian group "Hamas" in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, witnesses and officials of the group said. Saeed Seyam was a Hamas commander in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. Reuters quoted Witnesses as saying he was hit in the neck with a single shot. Hamas has a political leader by the same name. --SPA 1246 Local Time 0946 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/277303