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Report: Senior Hamas Commander Defects to Israel


(Ha'aretz-Times of Israel) Jack Khoury - Al-Arabiya reported on Friday that senior Hamas military figure Mohammed Omar Abu Ajwa, who was in charge of an elite naval unit, had recently defected to Israel by sea. He had been cooperating with Israel since 2009 and was reportedly in possession of a laptop and sensitive documents. He was a senior commander in the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades and is said to have overseen the group's divers unit, the Palestinian Amad news site reported.
2020-07-13 00:00:00
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