Israel will continue to kill militants: Sharon

Israeli PM Ariel Sharon said Israel would keep killing top militants on Tuesday after the Jewish state assassinated two senior Hamas leaders in less than a month. 8216;8216;We got rid of murderer number one and murderer number two and the list is not short,8217;8217; Sharon said at Ashdod.

Meanwhile, Hamas said it will not take long to retaliate for Israel8217;s assassination of its leader, Abdel Aziz Al-Rantissi. 8216;8216;Don8217;t worry, the retaliation will come, and the resistance to Israeli occupation will continue,8217;8217; Khaled Meshaal, Hamas politburo chief in Damascus, said yesterday in the Palestinian camp of Yarmuk. 8216;8216;It will not be long in coming,8217;8217; Meshaal said. Rantissi had assumed the Hamas leadership after Israel assassinated the group8217;s founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin on March 22. Rantissi8217;s killing appears to have cemented Meshaal8217;s position as the group8217;s undisputed leader.