Posted on 06/14/2016 3:00:51 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
A senior commander in Hamas's elite commando unit has handed himself over to Israel, according to sources inside Gaza cited by Channel 2.
Reports of his surrender to Israel have been circulating in Gaza ever since the commander - a member the elite "Nahba" unit of Hamas's military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades - went missing several days ago.
The Nahba spearheads Hamas's tunnel warfare capabilities, and is specifically tasked with capturing IDF soldiers.
The missing commander is reportedly from Khan Younis in southern Gaza, and the son of a prominent judge on Hamas's Sharia religious court.
According to Channel 2, a number of different "versions" of his disappearance are making the rounds in Gaza.
Hamas, for its part, maintains he was captured by Israeli security forces, who have nabbed a number of (generally more junior) Hamas operatives involved in tunnel digging over the past several months.
But other sources say he told his family he was going for a hike and would return by evening - only to cross over the border into Israel.
Either way, capturing such a senior Hamas commander would represent a major intelligence coup for Israeli security services.
If confirmed, the unnamed commander would be the second senior Al Qassam Brigades terrorist captured by Israel in recent months....
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No wonder Obama was so unhappy today.
Here comes a press conference where Obama calls him a traitor.
One has to wonder what his motivation was. Either life had become too threatening to remain, or he was paid off. In any case, his family will be at risk.
Several senior Iranian commanders died in Syria under what I would call suspicious circumstances. (Suspicious when take as a whole, not in individual cases.) I can’t help but think younger, ambitious people below them took the opportunity during an air raid or artillery barrage to kill them. How does one advance in the ranks in a terrorist organization? They are, after all, remorseless killers.
Quick, Donald. Call him a radical Islamic extremist. Push some buttons.
Very interesting.
Thank you for posting this.
I would hope people in Hamas are just as sick to death of hate and killing like the rest of us...
So he went to the other side..
One can dream...
This is a great way for a Palestinian to leave that hell hole and start a new life somewhere in the west.
So did he defect, or was he captured? Headline differs from the story though it does say there are multiple rumors swirling about.
Read: Son of Hamas - Mosab Yousef
The son of high-ranking Hamas cleric, turns double-agent, works with Israeli intelligence, then ultimately relocates to SoCal.
If he was captured, it would be a smart move for Israel to circulate the rumor that he defected.
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A shame he left his family behind. If he didn't defect, hope someone can access his Swiss accounts. If he did, sorry family, c'est la vie. Related threads
Oh, the “Boys” are gonna have fun with him.
In the Middle East, it's Dubai.
A thorough debriefing, a check to make sure that you brought all the files we agreed upon, the codes for a Swiss bank account, the keys to a small mansion in a gated community in Dubai, a maid/dancing girl, and tea server/dancing boy.
Taqiyya.
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