| Let them mull. And while mulling, do nothing. |
| "We shall have Dire Revengeâ„¢! ... we think..." |
Israeli and Paleostinian experts both said Hamas would seek to avenge the killing of Mazen Faqha, 38, but from a distance.
| So that the revengers don't get themselves gob-smacked by the evil Joooozs... |
Hamas said the shooting, which was allegedly carried out with silencers, with the body found several hours later, bore the hallmark of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad.
| Or the Ruritanians... |
It accused Faqha of being the brain behind several deadly suicide kabooms during the second intifada, or uprising, in the early 2000s.
The Jewish state has remained silent but several Hamas figures have been assassinated by Israel in the past, including founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
| Ptui... |
Hamas's potential responses are restricted by its wariness to spark a full confrontation from Gazoo, with the impoverished enclave still not recovered from three wars since 2008.
The Islamist group could seek to strike inside Israel itself or in the West Bank, occupied by the Israel and separated geographically from Gazoo by Israeli territory.