Israelis capture Hamas leader
Israeli forces have captured a top West Bank leader of the militant Islamic Hamas group, said by the army to have planned and ordered a string of suicide bombings which killed 55 Israelis.
The military said troops who entered the town of Ramallah early today captured Ibrahim Hammad, 41, West Bank head of the Hamas’ armed wing in the West Bank and the man behind fatal attacks at cafés and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
