Archive - Feb 7, 2006

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Israel steps up assassinations
The Israeli military has stepped up its assassination campaign against Palestinian militants: todayiIsraeli soldiers shot dead an Islamic Jihad leader during an arrest raid in Nablus, and an Israeli airstrike killed two members of the al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade in southern Gaza. That was the fourth Israeli airstrike on Palestinian targets since the weekend—last night a similar strike killed two al-Aqsa members in northern Gaza. Meanwhile, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal sounded a conciliatory note today: he announced in Cairo that Hamas will include the less-militant Fatah faction in a new Palestinian government, and will cooperate with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.