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Jihad leader killed in Gaza blast
A top Palestinian militant has been killed in an explosion in Gaza and an Israeli settler was shot dead in the West Bank in a fresh wave of bloodshed.
Khaled al-Dahdouh, a commander of Islamic Jihad's armed wing, was driving through Gaza City when his car blew up.
Islamic Jihad has blamed Israel for the killing, but Israeli officials have denied involvement.
The settler was working at a petrol station in the northern West Bank when he was shot by gunmen.
Islamic Jihad's radio station said Mr Dahdouh, 45, commanded the al-Quds Brigades in Gaza and described him as the movement's top military figure there.
Witnesses said his car exploded moments pulling away from the kerb near the Islamic University of Gaza in the centre of Gaza City.
The Zionists will swallow the same bitter drink that each Palestinian family has drunk from before
Islamic Jihad
"The explosion shattered all the windows of my apartment and some of the flying shrapnel from the windows hit me in the face," Samira Daoud told the Associated Press.
"I ran to the street to see if my children were there, and I saw a man lying outside of the car with a big white beard, and he was bleeding."
Islamic Jihad blamed Israel for the attack on Mr Dahdouh, who is said to have survived eight other Israeli assassination attempts against him.
As leader of the movement's military wing in Gaza, Mr Dahdouh would have played a key part in orchestrating anti-Israeli attacks, says BBC correspondent in Gaza Alan Johnston.
"The Zionists will swallow the same bitter drink that each Palestinian family has drunk from before," said Abu Dajana, a spokesman for the group.
Islamic Jihad has said it was behind a number of suicide bombings in Israel last year and it frequently fires missiles across Gaza's perimeter fence into southern Israel.
West Bank attack
The Jewish settler was shot at the entrance to Migdalim settlement near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. He is said to have been in his forties.
"Everyone knew him; he was a great man," she told Yediot Aharanot.
"On the Tapuah-Migdalim route there are occasional shooting attacks, but nothing happened lately. The petrol station is not guarded but the community is totally secured."
The Palestinian militant group, the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, said they were behind the attack, although Israeli police said the killing may have been criminally motivated.
"Members of the Hammouda Shatiwi Martyr Brigade carried out the attack to avenge the death of Shatiwi, one of our group's senior members, at the Balata refugee camp last week," members of the group said.
There was another drive-by shooting reported near the Karnei Shomron settlement in the northern West Bank a few hours later. Witnesses said an Israeli was shot in the neck and left in a critical condition.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/4762116.stm
Published: 2006/03/01 12:19:14 GMT
© BBC MMVI
Jihad leader killed in Gaza blast
A top Palestinian militant has been killed in an explosion in Gaza and an Israeli settler was shot dead in the West Bank in a fresh wave of bloodshed.
Khaled al-Dahdouh, a commander of Islamic Jihad's armed wing, was driving through Gaza City when his car blew up.
Islamic Jihad has blamed Israel for the killing, but Israeli officials have denied involvement.
The settler was working at a petrol station in the northern West Bank when he was shot by gunmen.
Islamic Jihad's radio station said Mr Dahdouh, 45, commanded the al-Quds Brigades in Gaza and described him as the movement's top military figure there.
Witnesses said his car exploded moments pulling away from the kerb near the Islamic University of Gaza in the centre of Gaza City.
The Zionists will swallow the same bitter drink that each Palestinian family has drunk from before
Islamic Jihad
"The explosion shattered all the windows of my apartment and some of the flying shrapnel from the windows hit me in the face," Samira Daoud told the Associated Press.
"I ran to the street to see if my children were there, and I saw a man lying outside of the car with a big white beard, and he was bleeding."
Islamic Jihad blamed Israel for the attack on Mr Dahdouh, who is said to have survived eight other Israeli assassination attempts against him.
As leader of the movement's military wing in Gaza, Mr Dahdouh would have played a key part in orchestrating anti-Israeli attacks, says BBC correspondent in Gaza Alan Johnston.
"The Zionists will swallow the same bitter drink that each Palestinian family has drunk from before," said Abu Dajana, a spokesman for the group.
Islamic Jihad has said it was behind a number of suicide bombings in Israel last year and it frequently fires missiles across Gaza's perimeter fence into southern Israel.
West Bank attack
The Jewish settler was shot at the entrance to Migdalim settlement near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. He is said to have been in his forties.
"Everyone knew him; he was a great man," she told Yediot Aharanot.
"On the Tapuah-Migdalim route there are occasional shooting attacks, but nothing happened lately. The petrol station is not guarded but the community is totally secured."
The Palestinian militant group, the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, said they were behind the attack, although Israeli police said the killing may have been criminally motivated.
"Members of the Hammouda Shatiwi Martyr Brigade carried out the attack to avenge the death of Shatiwi, one of our group's senior members, at the Balata refugee camp last week," members of the group said.
There was another drive-by shooting reported near the Karnei Shomron settlement in the northern West Bank a few hours later. Witnesses said an Israeli was shot in the neck and left in a critical condition.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/4762116.stm
Published: 2006/03/01 12:19:14 GMT
© BBC MMVI