The mother of IIan Sa’adon, an IDFsoldier who was kidnapped and murdered in 1989, told Army Radio on Fridaymorning she was happy to hear reports that a Hamas operative believed to beinvolved in her son’s murder was killed in .
Hamas claimed on Friday thatIsraeli agents assassinated Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in the UAE capital on January20, but offered no evidence of foul play or Israeli involvement in the man'sdeath.
“I am happy that [his death]has been avenged, but sad that 20 years passed before this happened,” Sa’adon’smother, Gilbert, told the radio station.