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Al-Qassam Brigades showing off a homemade rocket during a military parade. (Reuters)

Hamas Hawks Tighten Grip over Politbureau

by Kifah Ziboun | May 9, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – The Hamas Movement published on Monday the names of some of its newly elected political bureau members, highlighting an increase in the presence of figures from its military wing, Al-Qassam Brigades. Days after the election of Ismail Haniyeh as the new...

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In this August 18, 2014 file photo, a Palestinian fighter from the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, gestures inside an underground tunnel in Gaza. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem)

Opinion: Egypt and Hamas

by Ali Ibrahim | Feb 4, 2015 | Opinion

It is worth reexamining the reaction of Hamas and some of its allies to an Egyptian court’s decision last week to designate the Islamist group’s military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, as a terrorist organization. Ultimately, this is simply a legal decision; the case...

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Rubble from the presumed home of the leader of Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades, Mohammed Deif, in the Sheikh Radwan district in Gaza is seen in this August 20, 2014 file photo, with an artist’s impression (Bottom-R) of how Deif is assumed to look now. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

From the Spotlight to the Shadows

by Kifah Ziboun | Aug 28, 2014 | Features

Ramallah,Asharq Al-Awsat—After five failed attempts on his life, the military commander of Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades, Mohammed Deif—known as “Abu Khaled”—has become a legendary figure in the eyes of fellow Palestinians, who see in him the de facto minister of...

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File photo of ex-Hamas spokesman Ayman Taha. (AP)

Hamas execute ex-spokesman Ayman Taha: source

by Kifah Ziboun | Aug 8, 2014 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hamas is responsible for the death of ex-spokesman Ayman Taha, a Palestinian security source told Asharq Al-Awsat. Taha’s body was dumped in front of Al-Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, eyewitnesses reported. A Palestinian...

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Palestinian Hamas militants hold weapons during a rally in support with Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israeli prisons on April 18, 2013. (AFP)

Hamas’s Military Wing Securing Borders with Israel

by Kifah Ziboun | May 1, 2013 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Fighters from the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, have replaced policemen on the border areas of the Gaza Strip in an effort to prevent the firing of rockets at Israeli settlements, Asharq Al-Awsat can reveal. An informed...