Ex-general: Turkey deal to have ‘very little’ effect on Gaza security

27 June 2016, 3:05 pm

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This normalization will have “very little” impact on Israel’s security arrangements in Gaza in the short term, according to Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, who formerly led Israel’s National Security Council.

“In the future, it depends,” Amidror tells reporters in the hours following the announcement of the agreement. “But the potential is huge.”

While Hamas maintains its overseas headquarters in Turkey and has ideological ties with Erdogan, the former head of Military Intelligence doubts this deal will change the terrorist organization’s opinion of Israel.

“I don’t see the Turks having a lot of influence over the military wing of Hamas in Gaza,” Amidror says.