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Report: Hamas recruited 30,000 Gaza youths into its military wing
Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
The Saudi Al Arabiya channel reports that the military wing of Hamas, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, recruited 30,000 young people from Gaza.
According to the report, most of the recruits were trained in secret military camps run by the wing. However, it is reported that they lack military skills beyond “guerrilla warfare,” rocket fire, and planting explosives.
The report does not mention an exact timeframe for when they were recruited, but likely refers to a recent period in the ongoing war.
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