Remember, the cease fire agreement that Israel has with Hamas applies to the Gaza Strip, not the West Bank and thus, IDF forces killed a Hamas jihadist in Hebron and totally destroyed the building he was holed up in. Good. And Hamas has vowed revenge - oh boy, big surprise there, eh? Here's some of the details from Breitbart:
It's pretty plain to see that this wasn't just some random firefight - the fact that this Hamas piglet's entire residence was razed along with the explosions inside of it during the firefight shows to me that this was a bomb center for Hamas and that is why it was targeted.
Now, there's one other part of this article I want to focus on as it was buried at the bottom of the article. Here it is:
Israeli troops killed a Hamas militant in the West Bank town of Hebron early Sunday, surrounding a house and exchanging gunfire with the man before bulldozing the structure.
A Hamas statement said the 25-year-old man was a group member who fought troops for 12 hours before he was killed. The statement threatened retaliation "at the time and place we choose."
The Israeli military said during the gunfight, troops heard explosions from inside the house, presumably from bombs stored inside. The militant's mangled body was seen being removed from the rubble.
It's pretty plain to see that this wasn't just some random firefight - the fact that this Hamas piglet's entire residence was razed along with the explosions inside of it during the firefight shows to me that this was a bomb center for Hamas and that is why it was targeted.
Now, there's one other part of this article I want to focus on as it was buried at the bottom of the article. Here it is:
In Cairo, Abbas said Egypt plans to relaunch reconciliation talks between his Fatah faction and Hamas.I point this out not because Hamas and Fatah will eventually make nice nice again but that Egypt for one wasted no time in getting into the middle of it - Egypt is absolutely scared to death of what could happen if Gaza becomes a blood bath because they know the palis will flood into their lands yet again. The other point is all of the constant calls for the palestinian "state" when it has been obvious that the palis are incapable of evening ruling a territory - they are incompetents, they are whiners, they are dredges.
Fatah has denied involvement in the blast. But Hamas said Sunday that Palestinian security forces loyal to Abbas have arrested 36 Hamas activists across the West Bank in retaliation for the arrests of the Fatah members.
Israeli troops kill Hamas militant
HEBRON, West Bank (AP) - Israeli troops killed a Hamas militant in the West Bank town of Hebron early Sunday, surrounding a house and exchanging gunfire with the man before bulldozing the structure.
A Hamas statement said the 25-year-old man was a group member who fought troops for 12 hours before he was killed. The statement threatened retaliation "at the time and place we choose."
The Israeli military said during the gunfight, troops heard explosions from inside the house, presumably from bombs stored inside. The militant's mangled body was seen being removed from the rubble.
Israel and Hamas are observing a cease-fire in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. But the agreement does not apply in the West Bank, ruled by moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Israeli troops continue to target militants in the territory, despite objections from Abbas that such actions embarrass him and undermine his control.
According to Israeli defense officials, the militant helped to plan a February suicide bombing in the Israeli town of Dimona that killed a 73-year-old woman and wounded 11.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the military had not officially made that information public.
Israel says Abbas' forces are not yet ready to assume control for security.
In Cairo, Abbas said Egypt plans to relaunch reconciliation talks between his Fatah faction and Hamas. The Islamic Hamas and the largely secular Fatah carried on a violent rivalry for control in Gaza for years. In June 2007, Hamas routed Fatah's forces and seized control of the territory. There have been few signs of Fatah resistance since.
Relations between the two Palestinian factions deteriorated sharply last week, after a car bombing killed six people in Gaza and sparked the toughest Hamas crackdown against its Fatah rivals in months.
Fatah has denied involvement in the blast. But Hamas said Sunday that Palestinian security forces loyal to Abbas have arrested 36 Hamas activists across the West Bank in retaliation for the arrests of the Fatah members.
Human rights groups said Hamas released over a dozen of the at least 160 Fatah men it arrested Saturday in connection with the bombing a day earlier, which killed five Hamas men and a 6-year-old girl. But Hamas police remained deployed in force around Gaza City, manning roadblocks and checking cars.
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