By Amos Harel and Avi Isacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents: ANALYSIS / Despite raid, Hamas, Israel don't seek escalation
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Title:I care to disagree with this analysis
Name:Khalid
City: State: USA
This was a calculated attack, Zahar`s son is well known to the IDF. "Hussam Zahar was a field commander in the Hamas military wing, Izzedine al Qassam" (source: Herald Tribune). IDF wanted to kill him because they want to start a war with Hamas(my opinion). Haaretz analysis that Israel does not want to start a war is nice, and I hope you are right. Nevertheless, I really do not think that the IDF did not know who Zahar`s son was or where he was located! I mean Zahar is the most powerful man is Gaza, love him or hate him! Yesterday Israel started a war with Hamas (that`s my analysis).