And another one's gone! And another one's gone!

Another one bites the dust!

Israeli troops killed a top leader of the radical Islamic Jihad in a West Bank raid Saturday, the group said, and the Israelis pressed ahead with their offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Islamic Jihad said the leader of its militant wing in Nablus, Hani Awijan, 29, was killed by Israeli undercover troops. They came to arrest him while he was playing soccer with friends and relatives, the group said. Another Islamic Jihad militant was also killed.

The army confirmed soldiers operated in Nablus and said a militant was killed in an exchange of fire.

Israel Radio said Awijan was responsible for a series of attacks on Israelis. Over the past 17 months, Islamic Jihad has been responsible for all 12 suicide bombing attacks in Israel, killing 71 people.

The Palestinians treated the death of this cowardly jihadi swine as an outrage, and protested in the streets. If you want evidence that the Palestinian people lack a sufficient level of civilization to be permitted their own state, this is it.

Just as an aside, I have to note that I've yet to see a single commentator from the Left -- especially the anti-Israel Left -- call Awijan a chickenhawk for his failure to strap on one of his homicide-bomb belts and detonate himself in a crowd of civilians. Maybe it the pressing importance of his weekly soccer game seemed more important to him. I guess that term is reserved for those who dare to oppose terrorism as the murder of innocents, but the terrorists themselves get a free pass from those who whose political beliefs, in their heart of hearts, really support the violent jihad of the terrorist murderers.

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