[Jerusalem Post] Yaakov Katz - PA Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar, a Hamas hardliner, knew in advance of the attack on an Israeli position last month in which Cpl. Gilad Shalit was kidnapped. Zahar "is part of a leadership that is involved in a very tangible way in terrorism and in violence," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev. "He had knowledge of the recent hostage taking, and he is part of a leadership that has orchestrated...countless missile attacks against Israeli urban areas." The Israel Air Force bombed the PA Foreign Ministry in Gaza City early Thursday.
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