Israel ‘aims to kill entire Hamas leadership’

ISRAEL will try to kill the entire leadership of Hamas after assassinating the founder of the Islamic militant group in a missile strike, security sources said in Jerusalem yesterday.

Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz met for five hours with heads of the various security branches to discuss the fallout from the assassination of Sheik Ahmed Yassin.

The security sources said it was decided to go after the entire Hamas leadership, without waiting for another attack by the militant group.