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The military wing of Hamas want to be with the winning side in Syria, Hezbollah forces in El Kosiir

Military and intelligence sources DEBKAfile’s exclusive report that at a meeting held on Sunday 23.6 Beirut Beirut headquarters bunker of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, with a delegation of senior officers of the military wing of Hamas, was attended by senior Syrian intelligence officers.
First time Syrian army officers are in Beirut, after eight years, when the Syrian army withdrew from Lebanon in 2005.

DEBKAfile: The emergence of the Syrian army officers fortified Nasrallah’s office indicates three developments directly related to Israel’s security.

First. Deepens military cooperation between the Syrian army and Hezbollah. Not only Hezbollah forces operating in Syria, the Syrian military elements and begin to operate from Lebanon. After emergence Syrian officers in Beirut to start other parts that control Hezbollah in Lebanon. Such a development is more dangerous alienation Syrian weapons to Hezbollah. In other words, Israeli policy is lagging behind events on the ground.

Two. Closed the meeting in Beirut, which sentenced resume military between Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas, after several armed Hamas were they fighting alongside the rebels Syrian al Kosiir, indicates that heads the military wing of Hamas – Izz al – Din al-Qassam Brigades, do not get the line of Hamas leader Khaled Mashal and Hamas administration head Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza, stay away from Iran, Syria and Hezbollah, and they are not willing to sever military ties with Tehran and Beirut.

Three. Besides the apparent rift Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the meeting on Sunday in Beirut, and the shelling of Islamic Jihad’s missiles on Monday morning at targets in Israel, indicate that the war in Syria begins to flow not only in Lebanon, but versatile enough for an event like the one that occurred margin On Sunday, Hamas in Gaza which killed the commander of Islamic Jihad’s missiles to Syria war will begin to spill over into Israel.

Here are the details on regional missile attack on Be’er Sheva and Ashkelon, we reported on Monday morning 24.6:

Internal struggle between Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the firing of rockets into Israel, ended on Sunday in the assassination of the commander of Islamic Jihad’s missile system by the special forces of Hamas, and firing missiles ‘Grad’ on Monday 24.6 at Beersheba and Ashkelon. No one is hurt. Two missiles, Grad, fired at Ashkelon were intercepted by a system Iron Dome. At Ashkelon were fired four missiles. Two rockets at Be’er Sheva exploded in the municipality of Bnei Shimon near Rahat. No injuries.

Incidents began when he tried to force Hamas to stop on Sunday the Raid G’ondiir, commander of the Jihad missile system in an attempt to stop the ongoing rocket attacks on Israel. G’ondiir resisted arrest and predators himself ensuing exchange of fire in which he was killed. Hamas claims that he was killed by a pistol emitted, but in Gaza do not believe this version.

Jihad decided to avenge the death of commander, and began firing rockets at Israel. At the same time Hamas cleared the bases and command centers in Gaza for fear of attack Israeli response. Morning from the Air Force began to bomb Gaza. Attacked two weapons stores the central Gaza Strip and launch pit and the focus of terrorist activity in southern Gaza. Following the firing of missiles ordered Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon close the crossings into Gaza.