Head of the Popular Resistance Committee in Gaza, Samhadana is the man behind many of the mortar shell bombardments on local Jewish towns.
Abu Samhadana and two of his bodyguards were hit in the missile strike, which took place between PA-controlled Rafiah and Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
Arab bystanders reported seeing an unmanned drone in the sky just before an air-to-ground missile was fired directly into the white Subaru in which the terrorist was driving.
Initial reports indicate that Abu Samhadana may have survived the missile-attack and been transported to a local hospital. This would be the third time the wanted terrorist had evaded Israeli attempts to end his murderous career. Abu Samhadana has been wanted since before the beginning of the Oslo War, over four years ago. His family is one of the biggest and most powerful clans in Rafiah.
The Popular Resistance Committee is a collaborative terrorist group consisting of off-duty PA police officers and members of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. The group has been responsible for the blowing up of two IDF tanks, as well as many of the Kassam rocket attacks on Israeli towns on both sides of the Green Line.
This was Israel's first such preemptive strike against terrorists since the death of Yasser Arafat. Senior security officials told Ynet today, "We must not be fooled by the apparent quiet since the death of Arafat. The residents of Gush Katif have faced a constant barrage of mortar shells and rockets, and the IDF cannot just sit with its hands folded and allow that to continue."
Abu Samhadana and two of his bodyguards were hit in the missile strike, which took place between PA-controlled Rafiah and Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
Arab bystanders reported seeing an unmanned drone in the sky just before an air-to-ground missile was fired directly into the white Subaru in which the terrorist was driving.
Initial reports indicate that Abu Samhadana may have survived the missile-attack and been transported to a local hospital. This would be the third time the wanted terrorist had evaded Israeli attempts to end his murderous career. Abu Samhadana has been wanted since before the beginning of the Oslo War, over four years ago. His family is one of the biggest and most powerful clans in Rafiah.
The Popular Resistance Committee is a collaborative terrorist group consisting of off-duty PA police officers and members of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. The group has been responsible for the blowing up of two IDF tanks, as well as many of the Kassam rocket attacks on Israeli towns on both sides of the Green Line.
This was Israel's first such preemptive strike against terrorists since the death of Yasser Arafat. Senior security officials told Ynet today, "We must not be fooled by the apparent quiet since the death of Arafat. The residents of Gush Katif have faced a constant barrage of mortar shells and rockets, and the IDF cannot just sit with its hands folded and allow that to continue."