Hamas’ fighting capabilities have been largely unaffected by the killing of its leaders, the former head of Israel’s Shin Bet security service said. “Hamas has thousands of fighters in the Gaza Strip, and its command structure is robust despite our ‘targeted preventions,'” Avi Dichter, who stepped down as Shin Bet head this month, told a forum of civil servants Wednesday in Jerusalem.
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