Israel vows to hunt down Hamas leaders

ISRAEL vowed to hunt down Hamas leaders around the globe and to accelerate construction of its West Bank barrier after Palestinian suicide bombers blew up two buses killing 16 people.

As soldiers demolished the family home of one of the two Hamas bombers, a senior government source said that its battle against the Islamist group and its leadership would not be constrained by geographical borders.

The source said that Tuesday's bombings, which left 16 people dead as well as the two bombers in the southern desert city of Beersheva, bore the fingerprints of Hamas' Damascus-based leaders.