Hamas warned yesterday that Israel would âdrown in a sea of bloodâ if it tries to kill Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of the largest radical Palestinian movement.
| "Sea of blood," "sea of fire," same idea... |
âIsrael will pay a high price for any attempt to hurt Sheikh Yassin or any other Hamas leader,â the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said in a statement sent to AFP in Gaza. âWe will make the Israeli Zionists drown in a sea of blood.â
| "BLOOD! Blood! Seas of blood! Rivers of blood! Puddles of blood! We like blood! Blood is what we do!" |
The warning was in response to a veiled threat by Israelâs Deputy Defense Minister Zeev Boim to resume the policy of assassinating Palestinian leaders after he said the elderly sheikh was a marked man. âSheikh Yassin is marked for death, and he should hide himself deep underground where he will not know the difference between day and night. And we will find him in the tunnels, and we will eliminate him,â Boim said Thursday.
| What's veiled about that? |
The military believes Yassin, who escaped an Israeli attempt on his life last year, personally ordered a suicide bombing at the Gaza-Israel crossing point Wednesday by a young Palestinian mother that killed four Israelis. |