"There is pressure within the military arm": sources in Gaza tell "Israel Today" that the leadership of Hamas has a fear that militant groups in the military arm of the organization will react to the events in Jenin.
"Within the military arm of Hamas in Gaza there are cells of activists who do not want to keep quiet about what happened in the West Bank, and they are challenging the leadership. This also includes a situation where there might be a few rockets fired," the sources said.
Hamas leader, Yahya Sanwar // Photo: AP
"On the one hand Sanwar is a strong leader who can curb pressure and shocks within his movement, when in the background of all this there is no real desire to escalate, but on the other hand he is also attentive to the people around him and sees what is happening in the West Bank, and there is pressure within the military arm to do something so as not to be portrayed as traitors." said a Palestinian official.
Asking for a response
The source noted that the pressure on the Hamas leadership does not come only from the militant wing of the military arm in the Gaza Strip, but also from some senior members of the organization abroad, who are close to Iran and Hezbollah.
The security forces operate in Jenin // Arab Networks
"In Beirut and Iran there is activity by Hamas members, including senior officials who want to see a response, and they think that Hamas's lack of action is hurting the organization. Saleh al-Aruri is one of them. These are people who live abroad and are less sympathetic to Sanwar's pragmatism vis-à-vis Israel, and are closer in their thinking to jihad The Islamic. For them, there is a campaign and action must be taken. This does not necessarily have to happen only from the direction of the Gaza arena."
According to him, contacts by the Egyptians were conducted at an early stage of the events in Jenin with Hamas, and that mediation efforts are also taking place with the Islamic Jihad.
Hamas training for terrorist activities // Photo: AFP
"There is the business and the departure of the workers from Gaza to work in Israel and this is good for Hamas, it does not want to lose that. But on the other hand there are the other pressures. The Islamic Jihad are angry and want to intervene to show that they are not abandoning the resistance in Jenin and are protecting it. The problem It is that the jihad has not yet built up its military strength enough, and it still has the memory of the round of fighting last August when Hamas left it to fight alone against Israel."
As mentioned, the background to these words comes after the IDF, the Special Forces and the Defense Forces operated in Jenin today. The security forces prevented a major attack during their operations in the refugee camp, killing nine Palestinian terrorists. Following the operation, Israel is preparing for an escalation.
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