In Syria, a military commander with Hamas was assassinated yesterday when a bomb exploded in his car. Israel has not officially acknowledged it carried out the attack, but numerous press accounts cite unnamed Israeli officials saying the Sharon government had a role in the killing. It is believed to be the first assassination carried out by Israel inside Syria. Israel’s deputy premier Ehud Olmert warned Palestinian fighters that Israel would attack them in “every place, every corner.” Hamas warned that the assassination may force them to target Israeli interests outside of Israel and the Occupied Territories for the first time. The group said Israel has “opened a new door for the struggle by transferring the battle outside Palestine.” Syria and Jordan condemned the killing as a terrorist act.