Israel targets Hamas leader after suicide attack

Israel will kill the founder of Hamas, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, in retaliation for a suicide attack on border guards, Israel’s deputy defence minister said in the bluntest warning yet against leaders of the Islamic militant group.

Yassin, a 67-year-old quadriplegic, did not try to hide today, making his way to a Gaza City mosque near his home in a wheelchair pushed by an assistant.