Hamas wary of international push for PA return to Gaza

Hamas is concerned that Egypt’s proposal facilitating the Palestinian Authority’s return to the Gaza Strip will be at the expense of the Islamist group.
Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigade, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, is pictured on a television screen as he delivers a televised statement on Hamas TV, in Gaza August 20, 2014. Hamas's military wing said on Wednesday an Israeli air strike in Gaza had failed to kill its military commander, Mohammed Deif. In a televised statement, Ubaida said Israel had missed its target. Deif's wife and seven-month-old son were killed in the attack. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITI
Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, is pictured on a television screen as he delivers a televised statement on Hamas TV in Gaza, Aug. 20, 2014. - REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
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The Israeli aggression continues in Gaza, after the failure of the Cairo talks and Israel's failure on Aug. 19 to eliminate Mohammed Deif, the leader of Hamas' military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Then, at dawn on Aug. 21, Israel assassinated three al-Qassam leaders in Rafah, while Hamas threatened to escalate the confrontation with Israel.

Hamas is locked in the battle of Gaza and paying a heavy price. However, it looks like the Palestinian Authority (PA) is the one who will reap the fruits of this confrontation politically — amid regional and international agreements — to return to Gaza again, according to what was in the Egyptian initiative for a cease-fire.

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