Hamas has arrested the suspected murderer of one of its key military commanders in Gaza, the Palestinian Islamist movement’s leader said yesterday, while maintaining Israel was behind the March assassination.
The killing of Mazen Faqha on March 24 in the heart of Hamas-controlled Gaza shocked the militant movement and raised fears of a fresh conflict with Israel.
“We announce that the killer and criminal that carried out the orders of the officers of the Zionist security services is in the hands of the (Hamas) security services,” Ismail Haniya told journalists in Gaza City, referring to Israel. “He has confessed to the crime.”
Hamas has suggested Palestinian collaborators had worked with Israel on the assassination.
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