[Hamas will fail, and be destroyed]

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Bombmaker Calls for Eradication of Israel

Saturday August 27, 2005 8:01 PM

AP Photo JRL101

By AMY TEIBEL

Associated Press Writer

JERUSALEM (AP) - Hamas militants released a videotape Saturday
purportedly showing a bombmaker believed to top Israel's most-wanted
list celebrating the Gaza Strip pullout as a victory for armed
resistance.

Senior Hamas commander Mohammed Deif, who masterminded the deaths of
dozens of Israelis in suicide bombings, also urged the destruction of
the Jewish state. It was the latest call for continued violence by
Hamas officials as the group refocuses its armed struggle on the West
Bank, where most of Israel's 246,000 settlers live.

``You are leaving Gaza today in shame,'' Deif said in comments
directed toward Israel, which finished evacuating the last of its 21
Gaza settlements Monday. ``Today you are leaving hell. But we promise
you that tomorrow all Palestine will be hell for you, God willing.''

In the tape, Deif praised the armed struggle against Israel. Hamas has
killed hundreds of Israelis since violence resumed in 2000.

``We did not achieve the liberation of the Gaza Strip without this
holy war and this steadfastness,'' he said, adding that attacks should
continue until Israel is eradicated.

Israel's obliteration is Hamas' ultimate goal. 

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Full article at "Guardian Unlimited"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5238030,00.html


Cheers, Steve..

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