Hamas reported Wednesday that one of its members was killed in his apartment in the outskirts of Damascus. According to AFP, a senior official said Hamas believed the Israeli Mossad was behind the attack.
Kamal Hussein Ranaja, the killed man, was one of the deputies of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior Hamas military commander found dead in a Dubai hotel room in 2010, according to the official. Dubai police believed Mossad was behind that death too.
An announcement, posted on Hamas’s official website said it was unknown who killed Ranaja, also known as Nizzar Abu Mujhad, but that the group was investigating the “despicable crime” adding that his blood would “not be wasted.”
According to Ynet News, a delegation of Hamas officials were scheduled to arrive in Jordan on Thursday to hold a funeral for the killed operative.
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