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January 16, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950866724&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Hamas Interior Minister Dies in Air Strike

[Jerusalem Post/Ha'aretz] Yaakov Katz - Hamas Interior Minister Said Siam was killed along with Salah Abu Shrakh, the head of the Hamas general security service, in an Israeli air strike in the Jabaliya neighborhood in Gaza City Thursday. Palestinian sources said Hamas' military commander in Gaza City, Mahmoud Watfah, was also killed in the attack. Siam was responsible for the various security apparatuses in the Strip, including the police and the naval force. He was considered a radical, was in contact with Hamas' political leadership in Damascus, and was also considered close to Iranian officials. Siam was one of the masterminds of Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza in June 2007.

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