A Libyan court recently released four members of a Hamas cell who had been imprisoned for operating in the country with the help of Qatari and Turkish elements. Thirteen other Palestinian Hamas operatives, one of them a woman, were also arrested for aiding Islamist groups fighting Haftar's LNA. "[5]Members of the Hamas cell being flown out of Libya in a private plane (Image: Telegram.me/gazaalannetz )This report reviews the allegations regarding this Hamas cell in Libya and its ties to Qatar. [19]In the June 2017 press conference, LNA spokesman Mismari said that "Hamas military commanders trained extremist elements in Libya [to make and use] explosive devices and boobytraps." The newspaper's report mentioned the names of two of the freed Hamas operatives, Nasib Shbeir and Marwan Al-Ashqar, and two additional Hamas operatives, Muhammad Al-Barash, deputy to Marwan Al-Ashqar, and Suleiman Al-Faq'awi.

Source: Libya Today December 27, 2023 21:59 UTC