Haaretz describes Hamas commander Ibrahim Hamad as “Israel’s most wanted man in the West Bank.” But it’s “not clear” to the BBC‘s Caroline Hawley why Israel arrested the man now:
BBC correspondent Caroline Hawley in Jerusalem says it is not clear why the army moved against Hamad.
Hamas has not carried out any suicide attacks for 15 months and Israeli military operations in the past few months have focused instead on the militant Islamic Jihad group, which has been responsible for most of the recent bombs.
Not clear? Here are a few perfectly clear reasons (pre-hudna) from the BBC archives in chronological order: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. The Beeb here also reported Israel’s charge that Hamas isn’t keeping the truce anyway. Seems clear enough to us.
