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Israel Foils Hamas Plot to Smuggle Six Suicide Bombers from Gaza
(Ha'aretz) Gideon Alon - The security services recently foiled a major Hamas terror plot to smuggle six suicide bombers from Gaza through the Karni crossing so they could set off their bombs simultaneously in Israel, Military Intelligence Commander Aharon Ze'evi told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Tuesday. Ze'evi said that since the elimination of the top Hamas men, the organization has suffered from a lack of leadership in Gaza and a severe financial crisis, with the overseas leadership based in Damascus becoming more dominant. Air Force Commander Major General Eliezer Shekadi told the committee the air force had developed "technology and intelligence that made it possible to strike at an individual terrorist while they are in a moving car, without innocent people in the vicinity being harmed." That was not possible six months ago, he said.