Gaza, 9 June (AKI) - A former head of Israel's Shin Bet domestic security service said on Friday that the Israeli army (IDF) had to take out senior Palestinian militant, Jamal Abu Samhadana, who died in an air strike in the border town of Rafah late on Thursday. "Samhadana had to go. He was involved in terror attacks, one of the few who never tried to hide it," Ami Ayalon told Israeli Army Radio. Samhadana, who was director general of the Hamas-led interior ministry, was one of four killed in the attack on a training camp, which injured seven others. He was one of Israel's most wanted men in Gaza. The Israelis claim he was responsible for most of the Kassam rocket attacks against their nation. He was also thought to be involved in a 2003 attack on a US convoy in the Gaza Strip.
Samhadana founded the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) - which regularly launches home-made rockets into Israel, and has vowed to avenge it leader's death. "The Zionists and Israelis have opened the gates of hell by assassinating Abu Samhadana," said PRC spokesman Abu Abir, quoted by the Jerusalem Post on Friday.
| They opened the gates of hell, and tossed Abu in. |