The United States is focused on tracking down Hamas’s Gaza chief, Yahya Sinwar, amid a new push by the White House to help Israel declare “total victory” so it can bring an end to the war on Gaza, US officials have told Middle East Eye.
On Monday, The Washington Post reported that the US was offering Israel new intelligence to help track Hamas leaders in exchange for Israel not launching the assault on Rafah.
That report was carried by some Israeli news outlets under the title: US withholding “sensitive intelligence” on Hamas from Israel. However, several current and former US and Arab diplomats, as well as defence and intelligence officials, told MEE it was highly unlikely the US would withhold information on Hamas from Israel.
I too remember when the death of al-Zarqawi ended al-Qaeda in Iraq. I kind of doubt the motivating factor for a young Palestinian to join Hamas is the raw charisma of a far away leader rather than say his family being blown up by a 2000 lb. bomb.
Yeah, if I was in Gaza those last 6 months I’d probably be looking to join any organisation that would give me a chance to kill some IDF soldiers of I was going to die anyway.