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Another Hamas Leader Snuffed
GAZA CITY â Israeli helicopter gunships fired three missiles at a car in Gaza City Friday night, killing a Hamas militant riding inside.Mideastern version of a driveby Palestinian sources told Fox News that Fuad Lidawi, a member of the military wing of Hamas, was killed. The sources said Lidawi's lifeless body arrived at a local hospital soon after the attack. good Doctors said 22 others were wounded, including seven children. what about the baby ducks? Soon after the Israeli attack, Yasser Arafat called a meeting with Palestinian Authority officials in his Ramallah meaning he was planning more attacks Witnesses said there were four people in the car when the missiles hit and that a charred body was pulled from the burning wreckage. Dr. Moawiya Hassanain, director of Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, initially said two people were killed, but then revised the death toll to one. So they bagged the right one? Nice shooting Israel TV's Channel Two said the missiles were aimed at a car carrying Palestinian militants who fired homemade rockets toward Israel earlier in the day. cause/effect demonstration... The report said troops followed the militants and then called in the helicopters. Israel has targeted Hamas leaders and members of the Islamic group's military wing in five missile attacks this week. Israel has decided to target top Hamas leaders, including founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin, Israeli officials and media said Friday, confirming a policy change likely to speed up a deadly cycle of attack and revenge. The Israeli Defense Forces said Yassin was not a target in Friday night's attack. Posted by: Frank G 2003-06-13 |
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