Nizar Rayan, Senior leader of Hamas in Jabalia refuge camp, Gaza Strip, August 19, 2005.
Another one bites the dust
In what seems fitting retribution for sending his son to die in a suicide bombing attack against Israelis, Senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan was taken out by an Israeli bomb.
The blast from the one-ton bomb decapitated Rayan and hurled his body into the street reports The London Times.
Senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan inspects Hamas militants as they participate in a training exercise in the northern Gaza Strip early September 15, 2007. The training exercise is part of preparations by Hamas militants to face what they believe to be an impending Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip.
A professor of Islamic law, Rayan was closely tied to Hamas' military wing and was respected in Gaza for donning combat fatigues and personally participating in clashes against Israeli forces. In October 2001, Rayan sent one of his sons on a suicide mission that killed two Israeli settlers in Gaza.
Though warned in advance of the attack, the bomb dropped on Rayan's home also killed two wives and four children whom Rayan was using as human shields. FOX News
Ahead of a potential invasion, Israeli air strikes destroyed the private homes of at least 45 Hamas commanders by Friday night as a means of breaking their fighting spirit. DEBKAfile
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