ARABS-ISRAEL - July 25 - Hamas Official Killed.

An Israeli Army ground-to-ground anti-tank missile attack kills senior Hamas official Saleh Darwazeh, 38, in his Volkswagen in Nablus. His body was torn to pieces by the blast. Hamas spokesman in Nablus Jamal Salim says: "This assassination is intended to hit the uprising with the aim of stopping it. Hamas will not hesitate to respond to this brutal crime". He says Darwazeh belonged to Hamas' political wing and was not part of the military arm, adding that Israel had arrested Darwazeh several times in the past. An Israeli Army spokesman described Darwazeh as a senior terrorist who was involved in planning the attacks that killed eight Israelis and wounded more than 100 in recent months. On July 26, several thousand Palestinians marched through Nablus in a noisy funeral procession for Darwazeh. Masked Hamas men carried his coffin, while about 20 militants fired guns into the air. Hamas supporters said many more attackers could be called upon. The crowd chanted, "There are hundreds more, there are a million". FM Peres warned 2 or 3 more suicide bombings could trigger a response that could bring about PA's destruction, action he says he opposes (see Israel).