Four Hamas commandos en route to Iran arrested by Egyptian secuirty

Four Hamas militants on their way to board a vessel at a Cairo port were abducted from the bus they were travelling in, by Egyptian Intelligence police.

The four were on their way from Rafiah at the southern edge of the Gaza strip to the Egyptian capital, and their final destination was Iran. The four were high ranking members of Hamas’s naval commando unit.

The report was confirmed by a high ranking Hamas official to Al Jazeera. He also added that the militant group possess sophisticated underwater scooters capable of ferrying militants underwater and deep into Israeli territory.

Cairo views the group with increasing hostility for its role in supporting a local Islamic State affiliate in Sinai that has launched multiple fatal attacks on Egyptian targets.

–Avi Issacharoff