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Israel's preemptive defensive action eliminates 18 'genocide bombers' candidates   Jan 1, 2009   ...Hamas Commander Nizar Nizar Rayyan. Killed: Hamas' Nizar Rayan. The attack killed him, his .... suicide bombers. in 2001 he sent two of his sons to Isreal on a suicide mission. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Gaza-Israeli-Bombing-Continues-After-Hamas-Commander-Nizar-Rayan-Dies-In-Blast/Article/200901115196480?lpos=World_News_Top_Stories_Header_3&lid=ARTICLE_15196480_Gaza%3A_Israeli_Bombing_Continues_After_Hamas_Commander_Nizar_Rayan_Dies_In_Blast This Rayan guy, a typical Islamic Palestinian "loving father" that has sent his son in 2001 to carry out a massacre mission on innocent Israeli civilians, was just eliminated by the IAF on Thursday 1 Jan. 2009.   (Tell me again how "desperate" Arab Muslim kids go on their own voluntarily mission?).   If...

Israel kills Hamas leader... Israeli aircraft hit 15 houses belonging to Hamas militants, Palestinians said. They said the Israelis either warned nearby residents by phone or fired a warning missile to reduce civilian casualties. Twelve people were hurt in the attacks, hospital officials said. The attack that killed Hamas strongman Nizar Rayan and most of his family was the first of several strikes on homes of Hamas figures to kill a leader from the group's top echelon since Israel's air campaign began on Saturday. Even as it escalated its offensive, Israel maintained an opening for the intense diplomatic efforts by...

Israel assassinated a Hamas strongman Thursday in its first assault on the top leadership of Gaza's rulers, escalating a crushing aerial offensive even as it declared it was ready to launch a ground invasion. The airstrike targeted the eight-story apartment building in the Jebaliya refugee camp that was home to Nizar Rayan, 52, ranked among Hamas' top five decision-makers in Gaza. The attack killed 12 other people including two of Rayan's four wives and four of his 12 children, Palestinian health officials said. The Muslim faith allows men to have up to four wives. While escalating its 6-day-old military offensive...

On eve of his death, Hamas leader Nizar Rayan predicted victory By Adel Zaanoun Agence France-Presse January 02, 2009 03:45am THE day before a powerful blast sent his headless body flying out of his Gaza home, senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan predicted that the Islamist movement would defeat Israel. "God willing, Hamas will win," Rayan said in a vitriol-laden speech that the movement's television broadcast just after he, his four wives and two of his daughters were killed in the Israeli blitz of the Gaza Strip on Thursday. Rayan, who was 51, is the most senior Hamas leader killed since...