ethics
03-08-2003, 01:52 PM
Israeli helicopters destroyed a car with missiles on Saturday, killing a Hamas leader and three of his bodyguards. The strike came a day after the militant group claimed responsibility for two deadly attacks that killed 16 Israelis.
The apparent target of Saturday's strike was Ibrahim Makadmeh, 51, who is accused of engineering attacks that killed 28 Israelis. The last was the tank bombing that killed four soldiers in Gaza last month. He was the highest-ranking Palestinian militant leader killed since Israeli forces killed Abu Ali Mustafa of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in August of 2001. Mustafa's death prompted the assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi in a Jerusalem hotel on Oct. 17, which in turn sparked Israel's occupation of the West Bank. Hamas vowed to avenge Makadmeh, saying no Israeli was safe. "We encourage our cells to plan and prepare strikes against the occupiers ... especially Jewish political leaders," the group's military wing said in a statement. "The terrorist government will realize the size of the disaster that it has unleashed."
Looks like Hamas will be going after political leaders. I don't think they know what they are seeking.
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The apparent target of Saturday's strike was Ibrahim Makadmeh, 51, who is accused of engineering attacks that killed 28 Israelis. The last was the tank bombing that killed four soldiers in Gaza last month. He was the highest-ranking Palestinian militant leader killed since Israeli forces killed Abu Ali Mustafa of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in August of 2001. Mustafa's death prompted the assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi in a Jerusalem hotel on Oct. 17, which in turn sparked Israel's occupation of the West Bank. Hamas vowed to avenge Makadmeh, saying no Israeli was safe. "We encourage our cells to plan and prepare strikes against the occupiers ... especially Jewish political leaders," the group's military wing said in a statement. "The terrorist government will realize the size of the disaster that it has unleashed."
Looks like Hamas will be going after political leaders. I don't think they know what they are seeking.
Full Story... (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=514&ncid=514&e=2&u=/ap/20030308/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians_416)