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Hamas tries to make nice with Egypt to focus on intifada

The Egyptian army in Sinai continues its operations against Hamas members, but the movement says it has no interest in clashing with Egypt and has turned its attention to the budding intifada in the West Bank.
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Many people have been killed and more wounded in recent months during attacks between the Egyptian military and armed groups along the Sinai-Gaza border, despite Egyptian forces’ security measures. Egypt has accused armed groups in Gaza in the attacks, according to security sources who spoke on condition of anonymity this month.

Although Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, has long denied such accusations, Gaza-Egypt relations have gone downhill as the military has maintained operations along the border since February. 

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