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Terror Leader Killed in Gaza

Israeli military denies involvement in death of Palestinian Islamic Jihad chieftain

By Michael O'Connor,  Newser User

Posted Feb 15, 2008 6:32 PM CST

(Newser) – A leading member of terrorist group Islamic Jihad was killed today in the Gaza Strip, Reuters reports. Ayman Fayed and at least seven others were killed in an explosion that leveled a house where Fayed was staying. The Israeli army denied involvement, but Palestinian leaders saw the attack as Israel taking revenge for recent killings there.

The explosion remains under investigation, with some bystanders blaming an air strike and others claiming to have not heard any aircraft noise prior to the destruction. The blast comes on the heels of a car-bomb attack that killed a commander of Lebanese terror group Hezbollah in Syria. "We will respond to this Zionist massacre painfully," a Palestinian spokesman said.

Wounded Palestinian children are seen in hospital following an explosion at the home of senior Islamic Jihad leader Ayman Atallah Fayed, in Deir El-Balah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. Islamic Jihad claimed Israeli warplanes hit the house in Bureij in an air strike, but Hamas police said the...
Wounded Palestinian children are seen in hospital following an explosion at the home of senior Islamic Jihad leader Ayman Atallah Fayed, in Deir El-Balah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. Islamic...   (Associated Press)
Palestinians gather in the the rubble of the house of Islamic Jihad leader Ayman Atallah Fayed after it was destroyed in an explosion in Bureij, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. A powerful blast went off in the house of the senior Islamic Jihad activist Friday, killing him and...
Palestinians gather in the the rubble of the house of Islamic Jihad leader Ayman Atallah Fayed after it was destroyed in an explosion in Bureij, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. A powerful blast...   (Associated Press)
A wounded Palestinian girl is seen in hospital following an explosion at the home of senior Islamic Jihad leader Ayman Atallah Fayed, in Deir El-Balah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 15, 2008.  Islamic Jihad claimed Israeli warplanes hit the house in Bureij in an air strike, but Hamas police said...
A wounded Palestinian girl is seen in hospital following an explosion at the home of senior Islamic Jihad leader Ayman Atallah Fayed, in Deir El-Balah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. Islamic...   (Associated Press)
Palestinians gather in the the rubble of the house of Islamic Jihad activist Ayman Atallah Fayed after it was destroyed in an explosion in Buriej, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. A powerful blast went off in the house of the senior Islamic Jihad activist Friday, killing him and...
Palestinians gather in the the rubble of the house of Islamic Jihad activist Ayman Atallah Fayed after it was destroyed in an explosion in Buriej, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. A powerful...   (Associated Press)
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