The IDF apparently knocked off some top Hamas people today.

Good. It's exactly what they need to keep doing. The best way to stop this nonsense is to make it look like a very unpromising career path.

[Update at 1:57 PM PDT]

Reuters says that the top guy got away again. Of course, it's hard to know whether or not it's true. Reuters doesn't even think that he's a terrorist--just a "militant." At least they didn't call him a "freedom fighter."

The only place that the word "terror" or any variation on it appears in the article, of course, is with respect to Israel.

"We are determined to wipe out Zionist terrorism. They are targeting civilians. They are targeting children. There are at least 15 children among the wounded here."

True or false: if there had been only children in that car, how many think that the Israelis would have fired rockets at it? Raise your hands, everyone.

Sorry, they weren't "targeting children," no matter how much Reuters wants to leave lies like this unchallenged. They do say that:

Israel denies trying to harm civilians in army operations against the Palestinian uprising. Since the start of the uprising, its forces -- aided by informers -- have traced and killed dozens of militants alleged to have attacked its citizens.

Palestinians brand such Israeli operations state-sponsored assassination and the tactic has been condemned internationally. Israel says it is acting in self-defense.

No mention of condemnation of the Palestinian war crime of hiding soldiers among a civilian population, of course. That's never mentioned. I suspect that I'll be much older, with much less hair, before it ever is, at least at Reuters.

Would the Israeli Army have targeted civilians ? Children ? . Yes, and they brag about it. Their only complaint was they should have used a bigger bomb to make sure everyone was dead. With one of the worlds best known terrorist running the country what do you expect ?

Brag about it? Sharon the veteran soldier is a terrorist?

Palestinian Arabs have been murdering Palestinian Jews and Israelis for over 80 years, concentrating on the unarmed and on women and children (five-year-olds murdered in bed). This is the reality, not some propaganda hash derived from Arab News. Listen to the Palestinian Arabs and you'll hear real bragging about murderous terrorism.

There could be peace in the Middle East tomorrow. All that is needed is for the Arabs to stop trying to kill the Jews, to let Israel alone. This they refuse to do, and use the idiot Palestinian Arabs as catspaws in their vendetta against Israel, one primarily based on wounded self-love (the damn Jews defeated us, how can we endure that?) I suspect the Arabs all know this in their hearts. Why so many non-Arabs joun them in this malice is a mystery.

Sorry, I hit post before giving my name.

The best course for Israel to take is to tell the U.S.A. to stick it, and put a large caliber bullet between Yasser Arafat's eyes. Then keep taking out the Palestinian THUG leadership until they get the hint. If the palestinians continue to use children as shields then they're gonna suffer a decline in the population.. Life's tough and when you're in a war the purpose is to make the other S.O.B. die for HIS country. (Patton) Those thinking otherwise should go have tea with Osama.