A Hamas militant was given to 54 life sentences by an Israeli
military court on Sunday for killing 46 people in a string of
bombings during the second intifada.
Ibrahim Hamed led Hamas´s military wing in the West Bank until his
arrest in 2006, six years after the uprising began.
Hamas, an Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, had
unsuccessfully sought Hamed´s release in a prisoner swap last October
in which captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was traded for more
than 1,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails.
In convicting him last week, the court said Hamed was involved in
attacks that included bombings in a central Jerusalem square, a
popular cafe in the city and a cafeteria at Hebrew University.
