IAF aircraft kill two Hamas militants in Gaza strike: THE WAY IT'S DONE

Ha'aretz ^ | Last update - 17:16 01/11/2005 | By Arnon Regular and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents, and Haaretz Service

[Cinnamon Girl]

An Israel Air Force strike on a car killed two Palestinian militants, including a leading Hamas man, in the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon.

Hassan Al-Madhoun was killed together with Hamas operative Fawzi Abu Al-Qara.

Nine bystanders were wounded in the airstrike in the Jabalya refugee camp, Palestinian doctors said.

Madhoun, a top fugitive whom Israel has accused of planning deadly bombings at Ashdod port and the Karni crossing between Gaza and Israel. Ten Israelis were killed in the Ashdod attack in 2004. He was also responsible for attempting to send a female suicide bomber from Gaza to Be'er Sheva's Soroka Medical Center.

"This is an open war," said Hamas spokesman Mushir al-Masri. "They (the Israelis) are going to pay a heavy price for their crimes."

Dozens of angry militants rushed to the local hospital where the bodies were taken. The gunmen fired into the air and chanted "revenge, revenge."

The missiles hit the car only a few minutes after a convoy carrying Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas passed through the area, according to Palestinian security officials.

A spokesman from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, with whom Madhoun had previously worked, said that "our retaliation will be equal to the size of the crime." The spokesman, who identified himself as Abu Ahmed, was masked and carried an M-16 assault rifle.

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Israel was sabotaging Palestinian efforts to shore up a truce by carrying out the air strike.

IDF arrests 12 fugitives in Jenin Israel Defense Forces soldiers arrested 12 Islamic Jihad fugitives in the northern West Bank before dawn on Tuesday, including an 18-year-old Palestinian from Jenin who planned to carry out a suicide bombing.

An IDF soldier was lightly wounded by a bomb during the raid.

The raid in the city of Jenin and the nearby town of Qabatya was the latest in a series of IDF operations against armed groups, with particular focus on the Islamic Jihad, which has carried out suicide bombings and other attacks since the disengagement from Gaza.

Meanwhile, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning fired two Qassam rockets at the western Negev region.

IDF operations in the Jenin and Tul Karm areas are expected to continue for several days, accompanied by strict travel curbs on Palestinians living around the two cities.

Heading the most-wanted list in Jenin is Iyad Abu-Roub, believed to be the Jihad commander of the northern West Bank since the assassination of the Jihad's former military chief there a week ago.

The IDF operation is being carried out largely by the Nahal infantry brigade.

In a separate operation in the village of Zurif, located west of Bethlehem, eight men suspected of belonging to Hamas were arrested overnight.

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[tet68]

Dozens of angry militants rushed to the local hospital where the bodies were taken. The gunmen fired into the air and chanted "revenge, revenge."

Secondary targets of opportunity.

[hershey]

Great news. Like shooting fish in a barrel.

[dinok]

I wont miss them...terrorists in the Middle East are a dime a dozen.

[sheik yerbouty]

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[Bellflower]

Revenge, revenge. Vengeance is mine saith The LORD. They yell for vengeance when one of their guilty, murderous thugs is killed to prevent him from killing the innocent. When someone is out to murder someone they should not wonder why they are killed. They act like it was out of pure hatred and spite that the IAF killed these people not because they had it coming. They are totally blind to any view but a demented, distorted view that says that only the life of one of their people has any value (even though they love death and dying). They act like they have no concept that when you murder a country's innocent people that it is warranted that they will want to kill you before you kill more of their people. The way they think is beyond belief or understanding. Their thinking is definitely 100% selfish and completely in the black. I cannot find words to describe how I feel about where they are coming from.