The fundamentalist Hamas movement has enough operatives to carry out mass terrorist attacks against Israel, according to the head of Israel’s Shin Bet domestic security service. Briefing a legislative committee Tuesday, Ami Ayalon added that statements by Hamas officials regarding attacks against Israel had recently become more extreme.
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