Olmert threatens to assassinate Hamas political leaders

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[ 28/02/2008 - 09:55 AM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)--

Israeli premier Ehud Olmert has threatened to assassinate the Hamas Movement's political leaders, adding that "no one was immune".

Olmert, who is currently visiting Japan, described the situation in the south of occupied Palestine as a real war because of the Palestinian resistance's missiles fired at Israeli targets adjacent to the Gaza Strip in response to Israeli atrocities.

Hebrew press reported that Israeli war minister Ehud Barak telephoned Olmert and informed him of the IOF attacks on the Palestinian people and discussed with him means of retaliating to the killing of an IOF soldier in Sderot.

Meanwhile, a senior IOF officer said on Wednesday evening that his forcers would react strongly to the killing of the soldier and to the continued fall of Qassam missiles on Sderot and western Negev.

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