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4 dead, 20 injured as car of Hamas leader explodes near Gaza City
2008-07-25

Looks like our gang war may be heating up...
Gaza – Ma'an – Four are dead and twenty injured after the car of a Hamas leader in Gaza exploded west of Gaza City Friday evening. One of the dead is reported to be Amar Mussubyih, who was wanted by the Israeli army. He was a prominent leader of Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades in the area west of Gaza City. Also killed were Iyad Al-Hayah, nephew of local Hamas leader Khalil Al-Haya and Nidal Mabiad. All are affiliated to the Al-Qassam Brigades. The fourth death was that of an unidentified little girl.

Ihab Al-Ghussain, spokesperson for the de facto ministry of the interior, said that the reasons behind the explosion are unknown. He affirmed that Gaza police will search for the perpetrators, though he did not rule out the idea that the deaths were the result of "outsourcing" by the Israeli army.
Geez, everybody's doing it...
This is the third explosion in Gaza on Friday. Earlier in the day, one Palestinian was killed in the first blast at Ag-Gazira café in the centre of the city. The man dead was assumed to have been the bomber. Shortly after the café bombing there was another explosion outside the house of Dr Marwan Abu Ras, a Hamas member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, also in Gaza City, though no one was injured.
Amar Mussubyih is dead. So are Moe Green, Barzini, Tattaglia...
Posted by:tu3031

#5  Mazeltov!
Posted by: mojo   2008-07-25 22:13  

#4  Mysterious Explosion Brigade testing a new detonator?
Posted by: James Carville   2008-07-25 18:21  

#3  "Get out the popcorn popper..."

Extra butter with that, tu? ;-p

Too bad the dead/injured numbers weren't reversed. Particularly for the little girl. >:-(
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-07-25 18:00  

#2  Hello Mutha,
Hello Fatah
Here we are at
Camp Boom-ba-tah.
Posted by: Capsu78   2008-07-25 16:57  

#1  Nope. Doesn't look like "Jooo outsourcing"...

The Hamas armed wing issued a statement blaming "members of the fugitive party" -- a derogatory term for Fatah -- for Friday night's blast at a major junction outside Gaza City.

"We have information that some elements are planning to carry out bombings against the interests and leaders of Hamas in order to sow anarchy," said senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya, whose son, himself a gunman, was wounded in the blast.


Get out the popcorn popper...
Posted by: tu3031   2008-07-25 16:22  

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