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To: KLP who wrote (34849)	7/23/2002 5:21:52 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Respond to of 281500

The IDF got him according to the NY Times and Ha'aretz, Looks like UPI was wrong again. nytimes.com After initial conflicting reports about the fate of the militant leader, Sheik Salah Shehada, a founder of the military wing of Hamas and one of Israel's most wanted men, his death was confirmed on Tuesday. Ishmail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas official, said that the sheik was dead and his brigades had confirmed his death in a statement issued in Gaza City. haaretzdaily.com Shehada was killed shortly after midnight Monday when an Israeli warplane blew up his house in Gaza, in what military sources called one of the most significant strikes against the Palestinian terror infrastructure since the start of the intifada 20 months ago. "The IDF is sorry for any harm that befalls innocent people. Regretfully, this is what can happen when a terrorist uses civilians as a human shield and their homes for places of refuge," the statement said. The statement added that Tuesday's operation was aimed only at Shehada, who "has been involved in terror for many years," and that there was no intention to hurt his family. Eye-witnesses said an F-16 warplane fired a bomb that leveled five houses in a Gaza City neighborhood. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer on Monday approved the air strike in which Shehada was killed.