Hamas Senior Leader Killed, Truce Called Off

World | August 22, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Hamas Senior Leader Killed, Truce Called Off A Palestinian boy throws a tire on another burning tire along a Gaza City street following the killing of a senior Hamas leader Ismail Abu Shanab. Photo by AFP

Ismail Abu Shanab, a senior leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas was killed in an air strike in Gaza City as Israel exacted revenge for a massive suicide bombing. At least two other people have died as pilots targeted the car of Shanab, witnesses say. Shanab was often described as the group's third-in-command. Hamas promptly called off its three-month ceasefire, announced along with other factions on June 29, which had been effectively shattered by the Jerusalem suicide bombing on Tuesday.

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