In a step that shows the uneasiness that is holding the leaders of Hamas that their lives will be targeted by Israel, one of the leaders of the movement interrupted an inteview with the tv station "Al Jazeera," that was taking place live, because he through he was going to be a targeted for hitting.The leader, Ismaeel Heniya, interviewed from Gaza close to the hour 12:00, and was asked in the beginning of the interview about the possibility that Israel will harm the leader of the Hamas, Shieh Ahmad Yassin. Heniya underlined in his answer that "these threats do not scare the Hamas and the Palestinian people, because the occupation has used every thing it has in the conflict with the intifada and the resistance."
The leader continued, that the Palestinian people will continue in its way of the intifada. During this moment, during the time Heniya was answering the first question in the interview he said "I have to interrupt this interview now because I hear helicopters," and disconnected.
France says size of EU-led Congo force fixedPARIS, June 12 — France said on Thursday that an EU-led force being sent to end bloody clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo would number between 1,400 to 1,500 personnel, of which it would supply the bulk.A French defence ministry spokesman said other participating countries would make separate announcements on the size of their participation within the next 48 hours.
''The force will be of the order of 1,400 to 1,500 in total,'' army spokesman Colonel Christian Baptiste told a news briefing in Paris after a two-day meeting about the force involving military representatives of EU countries and others.