Israeli strike kills Hamas political leader

Great news out of Gaza ! Another Hamas Leader has been killed !
I hear that A lot of people think that Israel Is just slaughtering Palestinians ! As of this morning Israel Has killed around 400 plus Palestinian/hamas people , About a quarter of that has been civilians , All in about six days !
On the other hand , Hamas ,Since 2004 has Killed 400 or so Isralis ,In about 425 Attacks ,Most of which were Civilians ! Not to forget that there were Thousands of Qassam (or "ESTES" as I like to call them ) rockets launched into Israel !
It sounds just about even , But whats worse six days (so far) Of living hell ?
Or six years of absolute terror ( So Far ) ?

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives.

Nizar Rayyan, a cleric widely regarded as one of Hamas's most hardline political leaders, had called for renewed suicide bombings inside Israel. Medical officials, confirming his death, said another nine people, including members of Rayyan's family, were killed in the bombing in Jabalya refugee camp.
Many Hamas leaders are in hiding, anticipating assassination attempts by Israel, whose military confirmed the air strike. Hamas Radio said Rayyan rejected Hamas advice to leave his house.

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Rayyan, 49, an influential preacher at what is known in Jabalya as the "mosque of martyrs" mentored suicide bombers and with an ammunition belt strapped to his stocky frame, would sometimes patrol with Hamas fighters.

"The blood of Sheikh Nizar Rayyan and the blood of other martyrs will never be wasted and the enemy will pay a heavy price for the crimes it committed," said Hamas official Ayman Taha.

Hours before the killing, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel was fighting Hamas with an "iron fist," his words backed by a series of air strikes in the Gaza Strip but challenged by rockets that have killed four people in southern Israel.

Israeli forces remained poised on the Gaza frontier in preparation for a possible ground invasion as international calls for an immediate ceasefire mounted.

Shortly after Olmert spoke to mayors in southern Israel, footage of a multi-storey building damaged in an attack and a rubble-strewn street filled Israeli television screens.

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