Gaza’s new Hamas overlords and Alan Johnston’s captors are playing brinkmanship over the BBC correspondent’s life. The Daily Mail writes:
No one should be fooled by the apparent humanitarian concerns voiced by Hamas.
After a week of extraordinary and terrible events in Gaza and the West Bank, Mr Johnston would now appear to be the pawn in a potentially murderous battle for advantage between two ruthless groups of Palestinian gunmen.
Money, political status, military supremacy, propaganda points and survival are what is really at stake….
The word on the streets of Gaza is that cornered by Hamas, Mumtaz Dagmoush has nothing to lose now.
Developing….
