Middle East fire

May 22, 2007

An Israeli minister says the Palestinian prime minister could be killed as part of a retaliation campaign against Hamas. Israel could kill Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas as part of a retaliation campaign for rocket attacks by the dominant Islamist group in the Gaza Strip. An Israeli minister made the claim on radio, as Israel and militants exchanged more fire. An Israeli woman was killed after a Palestinian rocket attack on the country's south.