Zionist Defence Minister said the leaders of Islamic resistance groups are targets for assassination, raising the possibility of a further escalation in the Zionist-Palestinian bloodshed. Shaul Mofaz issued the threat yesterday in response to a declaration by the spiritual leader of Hamas, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, that Hamas is making an all-out effort to kidnap Zionist soldiers. "The statements of Yassin just emphasise the need to strike the heads of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad," Mofaz told the weekly meeting of the Zionist Cabinet, according to a Zionist official who attended the meeting. The statements by Mofaz and Yassin threaten to inflame an already tense situation.
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