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Hamas Leader Survives Israeli Air Strike | |||
2003-09-10 | |||
Dammit. EFL: Israeli warplanes flattened the home of senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar on Wednesday, wounding him and killing his son and a bodyguard, in retaliation for twin suicide bombings that killed 15 Israelis a day earlier.
Well, at least he won’t get to take over Daddy’s job. Twenty-five people were wounded, including three women and five children. Zahar’s wife suffered serious wounds but was in stable condition after surgery, said Dr. Hazaa Abed, director of surgery at Shifa Hospital. A daughter of Zahar also was lightly wounded. Another of his sons, Sami, was missing.
We’re hoping for complications and a long slow painful death. An ambulance driver, Rami Salameh, said he evacuated Zahar. "When I moved him to the stretcher with the help of other people, he screamed from pain in his back, but he was talking to us, saying `I’m OK, I’m OK,’" Salameh said. Hope it’s very painful. On Tuesday, Israeli troops in Hebron killed two Hamas members - including the group’s leader in the West Bank city - and a 12-year-old bystander, and blew up a seven-story apartment building where the militants were hiding out. Good, they did get them, I hadn’t heard. | |||
Posted by:Steve |
#1 If the "moderate" Palestinians have any |
Posted by: snellenr 2003-9-10 12:36:36 PM |