Israel praises elimination of ‘cruel enemy’

ISRAEL’S largest daily tabloid yesterday praised the elimination of a “cruel enemy” and urged readers not to worry about diplomatic relations with Ireland.

The assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, allegedly by the Israeli secret service Mossad whose agents carried fake Irish and other European passports, has caused a storm of media coverage around the globe.

While much of the coverage in the Middle Eastern state was mixed, its largest daily tabloid newspaper Yediot Ahronot praised the killing.