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Middle East
IDF destroys Kassam missile warehouse in Gaza
2003-06-13
JPost - Reg Req'd
Israeli helicopters fired missiles at a Kassam missile warehouse in Gaza City just minutes ago, a military source told the Jerusalem Post. This was the second IDF anti-terror air operation to hit terrorist targets in Gaza this evening. The missiles destroyed a building a block away from the home of Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin, witnesses said.
He's blind, but I bet he heard that one
The building caught fire, and firefighters were trying to douse the flames. Palestinian terrorists have launched Kassam missiles from the northern Gaza strip targeting the Israeli Negev desert town of Sderot and other Jewish civilian populations. The IDF operations in Gaza take place just hours after Hamas has called for the death of "every Israeli man, woman and child."
Just a bundle of good will, aren't they?
Israel TV reported that Dov Weisglass, a senior aide to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, was flying to Washington for talks with National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas has said he won't use force against Hamas and other terrorists and needs time to persuade them to lay down arms. Egypt is mediating, and talks might be held next week between militant leaders and Egypt's intelligence chief. Hamas broke off truce talks with Abbas last week, prompting Israel to activate a contingency plan for hunting down Hamas leaders, including Yassin. On Thursday the US put direct responsibilty on Hamas rather than Israel for the recent upsurge in violence. "The issue are these relatively small but deadly groups of terrorists who are trying to stop Israel and the Palestinian Authority from coming together at a time when they are, indeed, coming together," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said. "That's why they strike now. They strike now because they see peace on the horizon, and Hamas is an enemy to peace."
Latest word is that cause/effect may be sinking in — Hamas is meeting with the PA to talk — offers to stop attacks on Israelis (no word which Israelis: civilians, settlers, soldiers, etc. they're referring to) IF Israel stops targetted assassinations against Hamas bigs. Guess the courage of the martyr is only for the fodder, huh?
Posted by:Frank G

#1  With any luck, the IDF will get all the Hamas biggies before their "talks" with the PA amount to anything
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2003-06-13 22:13:29  

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