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ISRAEL KILLS HAMAS LEADER IN SYRIA


NICOSIA [MENL] -- Israel has assassinated a leading Hamas operative based in Syria.

Izzedin Subhi Sheik Khalil, 42, was killed in a bomb that destroyed his car in Damascus on Sunday. This was the first time a Hamas leader was assassinated in the Syrian capital.

The Palestinian Media Center said the car bombing took place in the Al Zahraa district in Damascus at 10:45 a.m. Khalil was rushed to the hospital where he later died.

Hamas blamed Israel for the attack, the third time a leader of the organization was killed in 2004. Palestinian sources said Hamas had been bracing for an Israeli strike in Damascus in wake of the Aug. 31 double suicide bombings in Beersheba. Sixteen Israelis were killed in the strikes and Khalil was said to have ordered the suicide bombings.

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