Assessing how Israel might change how it deals with Hamas, the Christian Science Monitor correspondent Joshua Mitnick incorrectly writes:
An unsuccessful assassination attempt on Hamas parliament member Khalil al-Hayya – an attack that killed at least eight people on Sunday – was intended to escalate Israel’s response to missile fire from Gaza.
But as other news services like the Washington Post reported:
But Israeli military officials said Haya was not the intended target. They said Israeli aircraft fired on a “terrorist cell” in the Sharjiya neighborhood where Haya lives. Israeli officials said one of the men killed was Sameh Ferwanah, 28, a senior Hamas military official from Gaza who has been involved in rocket and shooting attacks on Israel. The name appeared on the list of dead provided by Palestinian medical officials.
