Hamas vows retaliation for top leader

Source: Presstv.ir, 2-1-2009
Hamas calls on Palestinian resistance fighters to hit any "Israeli" targets in response to a strike that killed the top leader Nizar Rayan.
A Hamas spokesman, Ismail Radwan, called on resistance fighters including Hamas's military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, to hit all "Israeli" targets in response to the Thursday strike that killed the senior leader.
Radwan and 18 memebrs of his family were killed after an "Israeli" F-16 fired two missiles onto his house in Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza strip on Thursday.
The powerful explosion leveled the five-story apartment building.
Another report says that "Israeli" planes dropped a one-ton bomb that completely flattened Rayan's building.
Hamas official, Mushir al-Masri, also said the attack would receive an appropriate response, calling it a "heinous" act.
"Israel's" attacks against Gaza have entered the seventh day, leaving over 420 Palestinians killed and 2180 others wounded.
Palestinian resistance fighters have responded to "Israel's" airstrikes by firing mortar shells and rockets into "Israeli" occupied territories. Six "Israelis" have been killed and dozens more have been injured since Saturday.
"Israel" says it has launched the air strikes to stop rocket firings from the coastal strip. The devastating "Israeli" raids have so far failed to stop rocket attacks.
Palestinian resistance fighters in the Gaza Strip say they fire rockets into "Israel" in retaliation for the daily "Israeli" attacks against them. Unlike the state-of-the-art "Israeli" weapons and ammunition, the home-made Qassam rockets rarely cause casualties.