or at least is in critical condition:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4766120/Israeli strike destroys Hamas leader’s car
Rantisi may have been wounded in Gaza missile attackBREAKING NEWS
The Associated Press
Updated: 2:10 p.m. ET April 17, 2004GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel blew up Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi’s car in Gaza City on Saturday, Israeli security sources said. Palestinian rescue sources said two people were killed and one was badly injured.
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The security sources told The Associated Press that Rantisi was killed in the strike, but that could not be independently confirmed.
Palestinian sources confirmed the car belonged to a high-ranking member of Hamas.
A burned, destroyed car was left on the road near Rantisi’s house and one badly burned body was removed from the car by paramedics. Witnesses said there were three people in the car at the time.
It was unclear if Rantisi, Hamas’ top leader in Gaza, was in the car at the time of the explosion.
Palestinians ran into the street and called for revenge.
Israel had previously tried to kill Rantisi in a helicopter strike on his car June 10. In a retaliatory attack the next day, 16 Israelis were killed in a Hamas suicide bombing in Jerusalem.
The explosion happened Saturday evening a block from Rantisi’s house in the Sheik Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, about 100 yards from where Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin was buried after Israeli assassinated him last month.
© 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved
Oh those poor terrorists of Hamas have been persicuted for SOOO long....they are just poor victoms of the great evil zionist state of Israel.
