The Hamas movement, on Thursday, said that it has arrested the assassin of one of its top military chiefs, Mazen Fuqaha. The announcement came during a conference in Gaza today, by Hamas leader Ismail Haniyyeh.
âEveryone knows Israel wants to harm Hamas⌠weâve stopped the assassin who pulled the trigger following the instructions of his Israeli commanders,â Haniyyeh said, according to the PNN.
Fuqaha, a senior member of Hamasâ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, was gunned down on March 24 in the southern Gaza City neighborhood of Tel al-Hawa. The first suspect of the attack was Israel.
Israel had sentenced Fuqaha to life in prison, plus an additional 50 years, for allegedly planning a suicide bombing on a bus in northern Israel in 2002, which killed nine Israelis. But, in 2011, he was released as part of a prisoner exchange deal to free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
IMEMC Opinion/Analysis: 03/25/17Â Senior Militant Hamas Leader Mazen Fuqaha Assassinated â Beyond the âIsrael did itâ PR






