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Monday, May 31, 2004

JPost: Hamas 'rocket scientist' liquidated

"Liquidated." Now that's a word you don't see every day in a newspaper headline.

Hamas's military wing, Izzadin Kassam, suffered a lethal blow Sunday in the Gaza Strip after an IAF helicopter fired a missile at its leader and his operations officer, hitting them on a motorcycle as it sped through Gaza City.

A third, unidentified, Palestinian bystander was also killed and seven people were reportedly slightly injured in the strike, which took place Saturday night just after midnight.
The two men on the motorcycle were Wael Nasser, 31, a top Hamas commander and one of the founders of Izzadin Kassam, and Muhammad Zarzur, 30.

Witnesses said they saw a flash in the sky and then the motorcycle exploded. They told local reporters they did not see any helicopters in the sky, but did hear an unmanned aerial vehicle. The IDF would only confirm that the strike was carried out by "the air force." In any case, it portrayed an impressive capability to strike from afar a small, speeding target inside an urban center...


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When are they going to get the Hamas brain surgeons?

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