In article Qtl8c.3160$%w2.1051@clgrps13,
wrote:

Personally, I believe it is deliberate. 2 Years ago, on the eve of a
peace with Hamas, Israel dropped a 500Lb bomb on an apartment building in
order to kill one man - One of the men they had been negotiating with.

Talk about using a grenade as a fly swatter.

....a tactic that works, saving both Israeli and Palestinian lives:

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004855

"In the early months of the intifada, this macho pretense was sustained
by the Israeli government's tacit decision not to target terrorist
ringleaders, for fear such attacks would inspire massive retaliation.
Yassin and his closest associates considered themselves immune from
Israeli reprisals and operated in the open. What followed was the
bloodiest terrorist onslaught in Israeli history, climaxing in a
massacre at Netanya in March 2002. After that, Israel invaded the West
Bank and began to target terrorist leaders more aggressively.

The results, in terms of lives saved, were dramatic. In 2003, the number
of Israeli terrorist fatalities declined by more than 50% from the
previous year, to 213 from 451. The overall number of attacks also
declined, to 3,823 in 2003 from 5,301 in 2002, a drop of 30%. In the
spring of 2003, Israel stepped up its campaign of targeted
assassinations, including a failed attempt on Yassin's deputy, Abdel
Aziz Rantisi. Wise heads said Israel had done nothing except incite the
Palestinians to greater violence. Instead, Hamas and other Islamic
terrorist groups agreed unilaterally to a cease-fire.

In this context, it bears notice that between 2002 and 2003 the number
of Palestinian fatalities also declined significantly, from 1,000 to
about 700. The reason here is obvious: As the leaders of Palestinian
terror groups were picked off and their operations were disrupted, they
were unable to carry out the kind of frequent, large-scale attacks that
had provoked Israel's large-scale reprisals. Terrorism is a top-down
business, not vice versa. Targeted assassinations not only got rid of
the most guilty but diminished the risk of open combat between Israeli
soldiers and Palestinian foot soldiers."

--
cirby at cfl.rr.com

Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations.
Slam on brakes accordingly.