A top Hamas terrorist came out of hiding to gloat at Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. “Now you have left Gaza humiliated,” Mohammed Deif, a bomb maker for the Islamic terrorist group who went underground after surviving an Israeli airstrike two years ago said in a videotaped message released over the weekend. “Now the Israelis have all gone to hell,” said Deif, his face hidden.
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