Hamas terror mastermind Salah Shehada was planning a large-scale attack on Israel when he was killed Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike, Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said. Shehada intended to have a terrorist blow up a truck loaded with a ton of explosives in Israel, Ben-Eliezer was quoted as telling fellow Labor Party members Thursday.
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