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ARTICLE · 29 MAY 1997

Release Of Hamas Leaders To Trigger Fresh Attacks

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United KingdomGovernment, Public Sector
A leading member of the Palestinian extremist group Hamas, Abd al-Aziz Rantissi, claimed the leadership of the group on 28 May and reaffirmed that military operations against Israel would continue.

Rantissi was released from an Israeli prison in early May after completing a four-year sentence. His release means that three leading Hamas hardliners are now free and able to regain the leadership of the group. The other two are Ibrahim Maqadmeh, who was released from a Palestinian prison in April, and Mousa Abu Marzook, who was deported from the US to Jordan in early May.

Security implications

Rantissi and Maqadmeh will try to reinvigorate Hamas and increase its activity. Abu Marzook's ability to direct events within Israel, the West Bank or the Gaza Strip is limited. In any case he leads the political wing of Hamas rather than the military wing. Israeli and Palestinian crackdowns in March 1996 severely weakened the group and its level of activity declined, but Hamas is still

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