Israel: Crazy Decision

After the assassination raid that was personally administered by Israeli PM Sharon, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Al Aksa Brigade pledged to take revenge from Israel at the shortest time. The Israeli army confirmed the killing, saying that “The leader of the Hamas terror group and the one responsible of tens of terrorist raids and the death of Israelis, foreigners and security personnel, was killed in an air raid on his car.” A total of eleven people, 7 with Yasin and 3 during protests, were killed in Gaza. A journalist named Muhammed Ali Halimi, and working for the university radio of El Nacah University was also killed in a gun fire at the Balata refugee camp.

Announcements made by loud-speakers by Hamas vowed to take revenge and to shed the blood of hundreds of Israelis. In a statement to AP, Hamas vowed to also hit American targets. Three-day mourning was declared in Palestine.

About 7500 Palestinians in Israeli prisons started a 24-hour hunger strike, to protest the killing. AFP reported about a statement made by Yasin three days before his death, describing the targeting of each Palestinian leader, as “The collapse of Israel.”

200 thousand Palestinians joined the funeral

Reaction of the World

Representatives of the United Nations, European Union, United States and Russia gathered in Egypt Monday evening, to evaluate the implications of the assassination of Seikh Yasin. European countries condemned the killing.

Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul described the assassination as a very dangerous development and “In a climate where everyone is supposed to be calm, this incident escalated tension. We are following the developments, with great concern.

Erdogan: Bombing the Peace Process

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said that “If the peace process is to be operated, this can not be the means. These bombs targeting a men whose 2 third of body parts do not exist, have definitely cast a shadow on peace and removed all hopes for the future. This raid has flared the feelings of vengeance. “

In his strong response, Erdogan said that “Terror can not be justified but this killing will trigger dangerous developments.”