(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel, Arnon Regular, and Uri Ash - IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon said Tuesday that, in the long run, the attack on Yassin "is likely to calm the situation in the Gaza and encourage moderate forces to prevent the founding of 'Hamas-land' there." Ya'alon said, "Yassin was a terrorist who headed a terrorist organization which operates against the State of Israel and its citizens. Yassin was directly responsible for multiple terror attacks, resulting in the deaths of both Israeli and foreign civilians and security personnel."
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