Rocket attacks lead Israel to resume target killings of Hamas leaders

Sunday Times:

IN A desperate attempt to stop the barrage of rockets fired by Hamas at Israeli villages, Ehud Olmert, Israel’s prime minister, has ordered his security chiefs to target the Islamic movement’s political leadership.

According to Israeli security sources, a decision to assassinate leading Hamas politicians was taken by Olmert and his defence minister, Amir Peretz. Early yesterday Israeli missiles struck Hamas targets in Gaza, including a charity run by the group.

Since withdrawing from Gaza more than a year ago, Israel has targeted Hamas’s military activists, but that has not stopped the rockets. Outraged by an attack last Wednesday on the village of Sderot, Israel is determined to ensure the political leadership in Gaza, the West Bank and abroad will “no longer escape responsibility”.

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They know where to find them now. I expect that most will resort to using human shields. That has been the latest victim strategy by the Palestinians who have rushed women to surround terrorist hideouts. The media never notes that the use of human shields is a violation of the Geneva Conventions.

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