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Related: About this forumSenior Hamas Member Reportedly Defects to Israel
Websites affiliated with Fatah have reported over the past two days that a senior member of the Hamas military wing, Bassam Mahmoud Baraka, from Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, has fled to Israel, and is in possession of a great deal of information about Gaza tunnel operations.
According to the reports, Baraka, who is the son of a Muslim religious judge affiliated with Hamas, told his family that he was going on errands, and hasn't been seen by them since.
Baraka reportedly went to the border fence and gave himself up to soldiers who were waiting for him. According to the reports, he was carrying a laptop.
It was also reported that the Red Cross had informed his family in Gaza that he was in Israeli custody.
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.725034
still_one
(96,436 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Perhaps he was on the outs with the Hamas leadership.
still_one
(96,436 posts)King_David
(14,851 posts)Because he was Gay.
hack89
(39,179 posts)you have to believe many in Gaza are moral people.