Sunday, July 08, 2001

Hamas Threatens Suicide Bombers After Child's Death The militant Islamic group Hamas threatened to unleash 10 suicide bombers against Israel in revenge for the killing of an 11-year-old Palestinian boy who was buried in the Gaza Strip on Sunday. ``There are 10 martyrs waiting inside Israel. They are ready at any moment to get revenge on the Israeli killers,'' shouted members of Hamas's military wing during Khalil Mughrabi's funeral. He was killed by Israeli troops on Saturday. ``If the Israelis have big bombs, we have human bombs,'' they chanted through loudspeakers during the funeral at Rafah, along Gaza's border with Egypt, near where the child was shot dead. Mughrabi became the 17th Palestinian killed since a cease-fire drawn up by U.S. CIA Director George Tenet was supposed to have taken effect on June 13. Nine Israelis have also been killed since the truce was brokered. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-mideast.html