- BREAKING NEWS: IAF strike kills Hamas military chief Jabari today
NY Times article – 2009 Video of Gilad Shalit in Captivity
Oct. 11, 2011 – The Israel newspaper Haaretz reported that an Israeli delegation was in Cairo “to indirectly discuss the details of a possible deal” with the chief of Hamas’s military wing, Ahmed Al-Jabari. The newspaper added that the indirect talks were overseen by Egyptian intelligence officers, headed by Gen. Murad Muwafi.
Mr. Netanyau confirmed that the deal had been reached after “a long and tedious negotiations process” culminating in talks in Cairo in recent weeks, mediated by the Egyptian government.
Egypt’s president Morsi recalls ambassador from Israel
CAIRO, Egypt (Al Ahram) – The Egyptian State TV announced shortly after 9pm that President Mohamed Morsi has recalled the Egyptian ambassaor to Israel, Atef Mohamed Salem.
In a televised statement, presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali said that Morsi has also summoned the Israeli ambassador in Cairo to convey Egypt’s rejection of continued Israeli attacks on gaza.
“The president has ordered the Egyptian representative at the United Nations to call for an emergency meeting at the Security Council.
Ahmed al-Jaabari: the Hamas ‘general’ who kept out of the limelight
(Guardian) – Ahmed al-Jaabari, the operational commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, kept largely out of the limelight.
Blamed by Israel for being the captor-in-chief of the kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in 2006, he confirmed that role by escorting Shalit to the handover when he was finally released last year. Jaabari was also heavily involved in the negotiations between Israel and Hamas for the soldier’s release, hosted by Egypt.
Jaabari, 52, was killed on Wednesday along with an unnamed associate when their car was blown apart by an Israeli missile. Palestinians said nine people were killed, including a seven-year-old girl.
Born in the Shujiya area of Gaza City in 1960, Jaabari came from a noted activist family and studied history at Gaza’s Islamic University. Continue reading …
(BBC News) – Mr Jabari, who was 46, is the most senior Hamas official to be killed in the Gaza Strip since the major Israeli offensive four years ago.
Outside the hospital to which Mr Jabari’s body was taken, thousands of angry Gaza residents chanted “retaliation” and “We want you to hit Tel Aviv tonight”. Hamas spokesman Abu Zuhri said: “Israel will regret the moment they even thought of doing this.”
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who is based in the separate West Bank territory, condemned the Israeli operation and called for an emergency meeting of the Arab League.
“President Mahmoud Abbas… warned of the seriousness of the Israeli escalation and demanded an immediate end to the aggression,” a statement carried on the official Wafa news agency said.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for an “immediate de-escalation of tensions”.
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