Hamas names 2014 kidnapping mastermind as new deputy political chief
The move is seen as toughening the Islamist movement’s posture in advance of reconciliation talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement.
A Palestinian Hamas militant takes part in a Gaza rally marking the twelfth anniversary of the death of late Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.(photo credit: SUHAIB SALEM / REUTERS)ByBEN LYNFIELDUpdated:
