James48843
01-01-2009, 09:28 PM
Gaza heating up.
On eve of his death, Hamas leader in Gaza predicted victory
by Adel Zaanoun Adel Zaanoun – Thu Jan 1, 3:52 pm ET
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090101/capt.cps.oqy59.010109215150.photo00.photo.default-347x512.jpg?x=213&y=315&xc=1&yc=1&wc=277&hc=409&q=100&sig=2tMYEmZYB4RPD6ilNVd_Ng-- (http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Gaza-Strip/photo//090101/photos_wl_me_afp/91646b477195f71cc21fa74c7d359232//s:/afp/20090101/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazarayan_090101205254) AFP/File – Senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan marches during a rally in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza …
JABALIYA, Gaza Strip (AFP) – The day before a powerful blast sent his headless body flying out of his Gaza home on Thursday, senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan predicted that the Islamist movement would defeat Israel. "God willing, Hamas will win," Rayan said in a vitriol-laden speech that the movement's television broadcast just after he, his four wives and 10 of his children were killed in the Israeli blitz of the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
Rayan, 51, was among the top ranked leaders in Hamas and was its most senior figure to have been killed since Israel unleashed a massive bombardment on Saturday in response to persistent rocket fire from the enclave.
Israeli F-16 jets fired two missiles at Rayan's five-story house in the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza. The powerful explosion hurled his decapitated body out into the street, according to witnesses.
More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090101/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazarayan_090101205254
(The day before..... Now THAT is a descriptive lead sentence to the story. )
On eve of his death, Hamas leader in Gaza predicted victory
by Adel Zaanoun Adel Zaanoun – Thu Jan 1, 3:52 pm ET
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090101/capt.cps.oqy59.010109215150.photo00.photo.default-347x512.jpg?x=213&y=315&xc=1&yc=1&wc=277&hc=409&q=100&sig=2tMYEmZYB4RPD6ilNVd_Ng-- (http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Gaza-Strip/photo//090101/photos_wl_me_afp/91646b477195f71cc21fa74c7d359232//s:/afp/20090101/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazarayan_090101205254) AFP/File – Senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan marches during a rally in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza …
JABALIYA, Gaza Strip (AFP) – The day before a powerful blast sent his headless body flying out of his Gaza home on Thursday, senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan predicted that the Islamist movement would defeat Israel. "God willing, Hamas will win," Rayan said in a vitriol-laden speech that the movement's television broadcast just after he, his four wives and 10 of his children were killed in the Israeli blitz of the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
Rayan, 51, was among the top ranked leaders in Hamas and was its most senior figure to have been killed since Israel unleashed a massive bombardment on Saturday in response to persistent rocket fire from the enclave.
Israeli F-16 jets fired two missiles at Rayan's five-story house in the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza. The powerful explosion hurled his decapitated body out into the street, according to witnesses.
More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090101/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazarayan_090101205254
(The day before..... Now THAT is a descriptive lead sentence to the story. )