1.
Poll: Almost half in U.S. creationist
JABALIYA, Gaza, July 21 (UPI) -- Analysts in Israel and the Gaza Strip say the governing leaders of Hamas are no longer controlling their military forces in the West Bank and Gaza.
They say members of the Qassam Brigades actually surprised the Hamas-led government last month when they killed two Israeli soldiers and captured another, setting off the current crisis, The New York Times reports.
According to a Qassam field commander in Jabaliya, Hamas members who joined the government lost their positions in the group.
"New leaders were named in the movement, and they are more senior than the government leaders," field commander Abu Muhammad told the Times Thursday, adding that included the Palestinian prime minister.
A former director of Israel's national security council concurred about the leadership changes.
"It has become apparent that the political leadership of Hamas is much less influential than Khaled Meshal and leaders of the military wing," Giora Eiland, a retired general, said in the Times' report.
Meshal, chairman of Hamas' political bureau, lives in exile in Syria.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Top News Stories | |
WILMINGTON, Del., June 3 (UPI) --
A group investigating the disappearance of Amelia Earhart concluded she died on an uninhabited Pacific island where her plane made an emergency landing in 1937.
|
SAN FRANCISCO, June 3 (UPI) --
"Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes, was honored at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards in San Francisco, the organization said.
|
If you're in the market for a car or truck it might make more sense to consider a new vehicle this year rather than a used one.
|
CAYCE, S.C., June 3 (UPI) --
A group of South Carolina third-graders convinced the Cayce City Council to allow residents to raise chickens after learning about the birds in class.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
