Hamas Insider Killed in Israeli Strike on Gaza

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Thu Jan-01-09 06:38 PM
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Hamas Insider Killed in Israeli Strike on Gaza

Source: Times Online

The Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip today claimed a significant blow against the top ranks of Hamas when an air strike killed Nizar Rayyan, one of the movement’s inner circle.

Mr Rayyan, one of Hamas’s most hardline political figures who had advocated renewing suicide bombings inside Israel, died in a targeted strike on his home. He is the most senior Hamas leader to have been killed since 2004, and only yesterday vowed that rocket attacks from Gaza would hit Israel “even deeper” than they have so far.

Medical officials said that another nine people, including two of Rayan’s four wives and four of his 12 children, were killed in the bombing on an eight storey apartment building in Jabalya refugee camp. The airstrike blew a huge hole in the side of the building and sent a thick plume of smoke into the air.

Mr Rayyan, a 52-year-old lecturer at Gaza’s Islamist University who was rated by some amongst Hamas's top decision makers, had mentored suicide bombers and would sometimes go on patrol with Hamas fighters.

Hamas said Israel would pay a “heavy price” for his death. Many other Hamas leaders are in hiding in anticipation of assassination attempts.

The strike came the morning after an emergency session of the UN Security Council failed to agree on a resolution on the conflict.

more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5428844.ece

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Thu Jan-01-09 06:47 PM
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Thu Jan-01-09 06:57 PM
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3. 13 family members also died. Not so funny, IMO.

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Thu Jan-01-09 06:52 PM
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2. An Israeli warplane dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on the home of one of Hamas' top five decision-makers

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli warplane dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on the home of one of Hamas' top five decision-makers Thursday, instantly killing him and 18 others, while the Israeli army said troops massed on the Gaza border were ready for any order to invade. The airstrike on Nizar Rayan was the first that succeeded in killing a member of Hamas' highest echelon since Israel began its offensive Saturday. The 49-year-old professor of Islamic law was known for personally participating in clashes with Israeli forces and for sending one of his sons on a 2001 suicide mission that killed two Israelis.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g8-DEMtAE9q4i4ySQ0eV_qZefmRQD95EL1H80

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Thu Jan-01-09 07:29 PM
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4. Good riddance

That's one less terrorist in the world.

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Thu Jan-01-09 07:31 PM
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5. Considering Those Dead Alongside Him, Ma'am, This Is a Pretty Poor Reaction....

Edited on Thu Jan-01-09 07:31 PM by The Magistrate

"Victory should be celebrated as a funeral."

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Thu Jan-01-09 07:33 PM
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6. And one more dead family, and how many more radicalized in Gaza?

Incalculable.

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