Hamas condemns Mughnieh assassination

Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Wednesday suggested the Zionist regime had murdered one of the top commanders of the Lebanese Islamic Resistance Movement, saying it was a new example of Zionist gangsterism.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri, speaking to AFP in Gaza City, called on Arabs and Muslims to "face up to this Zionist octopus whose crimes are now passing beyond the Palestinian territories to touch the Arab and Islamic world."

Imad Mughnieh, who was head of Hezbollah's special operations unit, was ssassinated on Tuesday night in a Damascus bombing.