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That responsibility has been grabbed by a variety of other hands. The deadly business of Hamas is run by its shadowy military wing. Only the most dedicated and disciplined are allowed into the tight little cells that carry out attacks. Perhaps 200-men strong, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigade, named for a Muslim preacher who died leading a revolt against Jewish immigration in the 1930s, does the dirty work, plotting actions against Israeli troops and civilians. Hamas operations include kidnappings of soldiers and drive-by shootings, but those exploding human bombs are the spearhead of the group's campaign...
...organization is best known for the exploits of its military wing, the Izzedine Al Qassam brigades. These operate entirely on a clandestine basis, and are currently believed to include up to 500 young volunteers for suicide missions. They are organized into small, discreet cells with multiple leadership structures that can quickly replace leaders eliminated by the Israelis or arrested...
...Islamic group Hamas launched its new Qassam 1 rocket, which is based on an old North Korean design, toward an Israeli town last week. It landed in an open field, causing no casualties, but because of its range, the rocket could make the terror attacks of the intifadeh much more effective. Named for a military division of Hamas, the weapon has a range of 3 miles, far longer than Hamas' garage-built mortar shells. Palestinian security chiefs tell TIME that Hizballah operatives bought or stole a rocket from Syrian soldiers in Lebanon and smuggled it to Gaza, where a Hamas...
...canceled the training of Hamas operatives in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley and in Iran. Hezbollah is still training Palestinians, but when it sends them back to the Gaza Strip or West Bank, they'll be working for Hezbollah, not Hamas. A source in the Hamas military wing, Izzedine al-Qassam, tells TIME that Hezbollah has recruited several activists from Hamas and from the military branch of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad - people who were frustrated by their organizations' ineffectiveness and tempted by Hezbollah's training and weaponry...
Precisely how far Israel will take the war is not clear. Israeli intelligence analysts and Hamas insiders say the orders for al-Qassam cadres come from leaders living in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Sudan and Iran. Operatives of the Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, have been given added leeway and increased funding to keep tabs on these commanders, but their specific instructions are unknown...