Nidal Salameh, 36, central Gaza commander of the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

[Michael Eisenstadt]

this is one of the articles in the Israeli newspaper previously referenced.
remarkable that so many details are revealed. i would guess that 
authorities
expect and hope that the bad guys will read the article carefully.
unfortunately there is almost always collateral damage, i.e. innocent folks
being maimed and killed (old man riding a donkey).

living in that neighborhood quickly inures one to humanitarian 
considerations.
as the Israeli hard guys say "ein brera" (=no alternative)

me i'm relatively happy to stay home and look forward to sexing again soon

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Last Update: 29/04/2003 16:27
 
Missile-firing IAF gunship kills PFLP-GC commander   
 
By Amos Harel and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondents, and Agencies
 
IDF troops killed four Palestinian militants Tuesday in the West Bank 
and Gaza Strip.

An IAF Apache helicopter gunship fired four missiles at a car driving in 
a residential neighborhood south of the Gaza town of Khan Yunis Tuesday, 
killing a senior military commander of a Damascus-based radical 
Palestinian group, hours after IDF forces in the West Bank shot dead a 
Bethlehem-area Fatah Al Aqsa brigades commander.

The violence erupted as Palestinian legislators gathered in Ramallah to 
approve the cabinet of prime minister-designate Mahmoud Abbas, a key to 
resuming Mideast peace efforts.

The helicopter attack killed Nidal Salameh, 36, central Gaza commander 
of the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of 
Palestine. Another militant was also killed in the attack.

IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Moshe Ya'alon said the attack was 
necessary because of intelligence the army received about Salameh's 
intention to carry out a terror attack immediately in the Jewish 
settlement bloc of Gush Katif, in the Gaza Strip, Israel Radio reported.

"I was trying to stop a taxi when I heard a huge explosion," said Abed 
Radwan, 25. He said he saw "a huge flame coming from the sky that hit 
the car," and that an old man riding a donkey was thrown into the air 
and seriously wounded by the explosion. Two other people were on the 
ground bleeding, he said. When he approached the car, he found a man 
completely burned inside.

Ambulances and firefighters arrived at the scene and a cloud of smoke 
was seen rising above the car, which had been reduced to a mass of 
twisted metal. Witnesses said helicopter gunships continued to hover 
over the area after the attack....