What the Assassination of a Hamas Commander Portends
Will there be renewed fighting?
March 28, 2017
What the Assassination of a Hamas Commander Portends
Will there be renewed fighting?
On Friday in Gaza City, two men assassinated Mazen Fuqha: a high-ranking member of Hamas formerly imprisoned in Israel for his role in a 2001 bus bombing that killed nine; in 2011, he was released with dozens of other terrorists in exchange for the captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Although it is unclear who was responsible for Fuqha’s death, Hamas is blaming it on Palestinians collaborating with Israel. The question now is whether and how Hamas will respond, and where that response could lead. Yoni Ben Menachem writes:
March 28, 2017
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