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Subject: 12 Killed, 100 Injured In Israeli (American Made) F16 Attack
In Gaza [WWW.STOPNA
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> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-363305,00.html
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> The Times (London)
> July 23, 2002
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> 12 dead in Israeli attack on home of Hamas chief
> By Our Foreign Staff
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> AT LEAST 12 Palestinians were killed by an Israeli F16
> strike in Gaza last night, with conflicting reports
> over whether the dead included the head of Hamas�s
> military wing.
> The missile attack on the home of Sheikh Salah
> Shehada, the founder of the fundamentalist group�s
> armed Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, left more than
> 100 injured and threatened to destroy fledgeling moves
> towards negotiations between the Israelis and
> Palestinians.
>
> The wounded were rushed for medical treatment by
> rescue workers, who had to pull children from the
> wreckage of Sheikh Shehada�s house and at least four
> others destroyed in the late-night attack.
>
> Sheikh Shehada, a fiery preacher and former student
> leader at Gaza�s militant Islamic University, was one
> of Israel�s most wanted men and his death � should it
> be confirmed � would be one of the most significant
> results of Israel�s policy of targeting leading
> militants for assassination.
>
> The strike came in a densely populated residential
> area of Gaza City, only days after Hamas, which
> formally refuses to recognise the state of Israel,
> indicated that it would offer an end to suicide-bomb
> attacks if Israel�s Armed Forces withdrew from the
> occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
>
> Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas�s Gaza spokesman, said the
> Sheikh Shehada�s wife and three of their children were
> killed, but although initial reports said he was among
> the dead, Hamas officials and loudspeaker
> announcements across Gaza later denied this, saying
> only that he was wounded.
>
> Nevertheless Mr Haniyeh gave warning to Israel that
> retribution would follow. �Not only will Hamas take
> revenge for the martyrs, all the Palestinian people
> will unify to revenge for the blood of the martyrs,�
> he said. It would appear that attacks on Israeli
> targets are likely in the coming days.
>
> Hamas�s military wing has killed dozens of Israelis in
> suicide-bomb attacks in recent months and launched
> mortars against Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip.
>
> Ariel Sharon, Israel�s Prime Minister, appeared to
> threaten a large-scale Israeli strike on Gaza two
> months ago, but this was called off at the last
> minute.
>
> Instead it has resumed direct strikes on leading
> militants, of which last night�s attack was the
> latest.
>
> Before the strike Shimon Peres, Israel�s Foreign
> Minister, said that his country was ready to withdraw
> soldiers from reoccupied areas of the West Bank to
> which calm had returned, leaving security in the hands
> of Palestinian forces prepared to stop violent attacks
> on Israelis.
>
> Mr Peres said the initial withdrawals could come first
> in the Bethlehem, Hebron and Jericho.
>
> Armed clashes broke out between Palestinians and
> Israeli troops later in the south of the Gaza Strip
> after news of the airstrike spread. Hundreds of armed
> Palestinians left Khan Yunis refugee camp and
> confronted Israeli soldiers near the Jewish Gush Katif
> settlements.
>
> Sustained shooting broke out and Israeli tanks moved
> in, witnesses said.
>
> Loudspeaker appeals were made from mosques in Gaza
> City and Khan Yunis for Palestinians to come out on
> the streets and demonstrate against the raid.
>
> Pragmatists within Hamas are said to favour
> recognising the reality that Israel�s military
> superiority means it cannot be removed from the region
> and to declare an informal ceasefire, tolerating, if
> not recognising, its foe.
>
> Diehards, however, believe that by compromising its
> principles Hamas will lose ground to Yassir Arafat�s
> Fatah movement and others who support a �two state
> solution�.
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