(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - In the wake of the weekend deaths of a four-man Israeli tank crew in Gaza, the IDF has dropped its self-imposed restraints ahead of an American assault on Iraq, and is moving against Hamas in Gaza, army sources said Monday. Riyad Abu Zid, 33, the current military commander of Hamas in Gaza, was killed Monday when he tried to resist arrest by an elite army unit at a surprise checkpoint. Army sources emphasized that the aim was to arrest - not kill - Zid in order to question him about a series of planned suicide bombings and car bombings.
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