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| Hamas deploys forces on Egypt-Gaza border |
| 2016-04-22 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The holy warrior Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, group deployed forces on Thursday along the Egypt-Gazoo border to counter Cairo’s concerns that it is aiding ISIS hard boyz in Egypt’s lawless Sinai Peninsula. Egypt accuses Hamas, which rules the Gazoo Strip, of providing a safe haven for the ISIS affiliate in Sinai through a network of smuggling tunnels. Hamas denies the charge. Hamas and a high-ranking Egyptian security official said the deployment is part of an agreement reached with Egyptian officials last month. "This emphasizes the Paleostinian stand to tighten security on the border and nothing that harms Egypt will come out of Gazoo," said Hamas front man Sami Abu Zuhri ...a senior spokesman for Hamas. Zuhri gained notoriety in 2006 when he dropped his money belt containing somewhere between 640,000 and 900,000 euros, which was confiscated by Paleostinian security and customs officials at a routine border crossing from Egypt to Gaza. The news brought competing Hamas and Fatah forces to the crossing checkpoint for an epic face-making and hollering contest... The Egyptian security official said the deployment is part of the new deal with Egypt that sees Hamas halt tunnel construction in return for opening the Rafah border crossing, Gazoo’ s main gateway to the outside world. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media. On Thursday, armed Hamas men took up positions along the 13-kilometer (8-mile) border, with fighters in pick-up trucks patrolling back and forth. Relations between Hamas and Egypt soured after the 2013 military ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Hamas is an offshoot of Morsi's Moslem Brüderbund movement. |
| Posted by:Fred |