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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe leadership of Hamas are not in Gaza.
They left Gaza years ago.
Hamas leaders exodus
Political leader Fathi Hamad moved to Istanbul a year ago and frequently flies to Beirut, where media reports have shown him in meetings at a five-star hotel.
Deputy leader Khalil al-Hayya also relocated to Türkiye last year, according to news reports. Since then, he has paid only two short visits to Gaza.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-06/as-young-gazans-die-at-sea-anger-rises-over-leaders-travel/101834326
Their armed wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, is on site of course.
Lovie777
(12,504 posts)but they have lieutenants, trainers, instructors, soldiers there.
The leaders will be tracked down, no matter how many years.
speak easy
(9,367 posts)Indeed they will. Without fail.
moonshinegnomie
(2,521 posts)but they took them out. this will happen to hamas too
getagrip_already
(15,112 posts)Didn't work too well for them.
Yeah, ISIS as a entity is still around, but leadership is a dicey job.
speak easy
(9,367 posts)or have justice brought to them.
Bev54
(10,114 posts)speak easy
(9,367 posts)Testimony. The testimony of the survivors.
Torchlight
(3,517 posts)from as far away as Qatar, Turkey, and Syria already. Local committees manage grassroots issues in Gaza and the West Bank.
Day-to-day affairs in Gaza are overseen by Yahya Sinwar (reportedly still in Gaza), who previously headed Hamass military wing and served time in an Israeli prison for masterminding the killing of two Israelis.
Hamas' leadership is almost certain to exacerbate the already extreme poverty of its residents.
Bev54
(10,114 posts)relayerbob
(6,566 posts)Their days are severely numbered
kwolf68
(7,365 posts)I mean if I was to join the force I'd be so psyched to fight unarmed women and children, even babies. That's why I'd train. NO sense in taking on a competent enemy equally armed, go for the real challenges, babies. Thing is even if you bring these religious freaks to trial and hang them they wont care, they will just babble about God is Great in Islam while being hanged thinking they WON while getting their 47 virgins. Stupid religious pricks.
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