Haniyeh’s camp includes ‎top political officials in the group and Sinwar’s camp hails from Hamas’ military wing, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, led by ‎Hamas strongman Mohammed Deif. A short while later, Haniyeh learned that Sinwar had arrived at the ‎Khan Yunis protest and addressed the protesters. ‎Top officials in Hamas’ political wing have even accused the military ‎wing of establishing a “hit squad” tasked with intimidating Sinwar’s ‎political rivals. ‎Several Hamas officials in both camps said that the Egyptian ‎mediators have also realized that engaging with Sinwar was more ‎effective than negotiating with Haniyeh. ‎Also on Wednesday, U.N. Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov ‎downplayed reports suggesting Israel and Hamas have made ‎progress on a potential prisoner swap.

Source: Ethiopian News November 23, 2018 09:00 UTC