Israel to continue 'liquidating' leadersTuesday 23 March 2004
Israel will continue its policy of "liquidating terrorists", Defence Minister Shaoul Mofaz has said.
The decision to continue the policy of "targeted killings" was taken during a meeting of military and security leaders at the defence ministry in Tel Aviv, Israeli army radio reported on Tuesday.
Mofaz' statements came one day after the assassination of Hamas' spiritual leader Shaikh Ahmad Yasin in Gaza by Israeli fire.
Hamas is considered a "strategic enemy of Israel and should be destroyed," Mofaz said at the meeting.
Meanwhile, Gaza is mourning the loss of Yasin.
"Schools, universities, and shops in Gaza city are closed, as Palestinian citizens mourn the assassinated Hamas leader Shaikh Ahmad," reported Aljazeera correspondent in Gaza," Sameer Abu Shamalah.
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