Deputy Hamas leader, Sheikh Salah Al Arouri, said on Thursday that his Movement’s military assault on Israeli settlements and military bases near Gaza thwarted a planned Israeli attack on Gaza. Speaking to Al Jazeera about his Movement’s operation, he said that it aimed solely at soldiers and military installations. He stressed that Hamas had received intelligence indicating that the Israeli occupation intended to launch an assault on the organisation after the Sukkot holiday, so that Hamas carried out this “preemptive strike”. He added: The military installations were taken down within three hours, even surprising us. Israel seeks to divert attention from its own misconduct The senior Hamas leader argued that, after the fall of the Gaza Division command, Hamas fighters […] Source
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