Sharon: Israel won't give Hamas leaders a moment's rest
( 2003-09-07 15:07) (Agencies)
Hamas leaders are ``marked for death'' and Israel will hunt them
relentlessly, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was quoted as saying Sunday, after
Israel botched an attempt to kill several top members of the Islamic militant
group, including founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin.
Sharon himself reportedly gave the final go-ahead for an F-16 warplane to
drop the 250-kilogram (550-pound) laser-guided bomb on a Gaza City apartment,
where Israel says Yassin and other Hamas leaders and two top bombmakers had
assembled Saturday.
Israel's Yediot Ahronot newspaper quoted the prime minister as saying Israel
would not let up in its campaign against Hamas leaders. ``They are marked for
death,'' Sharon said. ``We won't give them a moment's rest. We will continue to
hunt them because they have only one objective.
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