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Hamas, Israel Keep from Fighting Each Other
(Times of Israel) Avi Issacharoff - On Thursday one could discern indications of unprecedented cooperation between Israel and Hamas. For the first time, Israeli security forces distinguished clearly between Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Previously when Islamic Jihad fired at Israel, Israel announced time and again that it held Hamas responsible for every escalation originating from Gaza. The Hamas decision to stay out of this round is no less dramatic. This time, it would appear that Hamas was only too happy about Israel's elimination of serial troublemaker Abu al-Ata. Hamas was prepared to ignore the fatalities in Gaza since almost all of them were members of Islamic Jihad. This might open the path to a longer period of calm with Gaza.