"The Palestinian militant group Hamas said Friday that one of its senior officials was murdered in a Dubai hotel room last week. Hamas accused Israel of the killing and vowed to retaliate."
"The official, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, 50, lived in Syria and was a founder of Hamas’s military wing, which has carried out hundreds of deadly attacks against Israel since the 1980s, Hamas officials said. Informed Israeli experts said he was also a liaison between Hamas and Iran for weapons smuggling operations into Gaza. He had survived several previous assassination attempts, relatives said, including one three months ago that left him in a coma for 24 hours."
"Mr. Mabhouh is said to have organized the capture and killing of two Israeli soldiers during a Palestinian uprising in the 1980s. He was imprisoned several times by Israel."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/world … dubai.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8486531.stm
"The official, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, 50, lived in Syria and was a founder of Hamas’s military wing, which has carried out hundreds of deadly attacks against Israel since the 1980s, Hamas officials said. Informed Israeli experts said he was also a liaison between Hamas and Iran for weapons smuggling operations into Gaza. He had survived several previous assassination attempts, relatives said, including one three months ago that left him in a coma for 24 hours."
"Mr. Mabhouh is said to have organized the capture and killing of two Israeli soldiers during a Palestinian uprising in the 1980s. He was imprisoned several times by Israel."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/world … dubai.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8486531.stm