Prominent Hamas figure Salah al-Bardaweel accuses Mahmoud Abbas of direct involvement in the Gaza war through his spies in the region.
Bardaweel said Monday that Abbas, the acting Palestinian Authority Chief, played key role in the war and in assassinating Hamas' senior political leaders, through his spies in the costal strip.
The Hamas figure alleged that the spies passed strategic intelligence to Israeli soldiers attacking Gaza, The News reported."We had arrested a number of them (Abbas' spies) prior to the Israeli assault, and we found with them plans showing homes of Hamas' leaders, and places where Hamas stores it weapons. They (the spies) have admitted their guilt and told us names of their masters, who would, in turn, inform the Israeli intelligence apparatuses of that information in order to facilitate the Israeli mission," Bardaweel added.
The interior minister in the Hamas-led government, Saeed Siyam, was one of the most senior Hamas figures killed in Operation Cast Lead. Israeli warplanes also bombed the house of Nabil Amrin and Nizar Rayyan, two Hamas commanders in the costal sliver, killing them along with their family members.
"This is a great honor for us, and it serves as clear-cut evidence that Hamas' leaders weren't hiding in underground bunkers as detractors of Hamas would like to portray, and that our leaders are sacrificing their lives with their people and Hamas was never defeated by losing leaders," said Bardaweel, "if one leader dies a 1000 leaders are ready to take his position."
Speaking on the Egyptian initiative, Bardaweel added that Israel embraced defeat when Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced a unilateral seize fire, describing it as a victory for the resistance movement.
Earlier in the day, democratically-elected Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, explained that Israeli incursion into Gaza was a failure for Tel Aviv that had originally described toppling Hamas as their main objective in the operations.
However, Israeli officials later downgraded the objectives, saying they only sought to weaken the Hamas movement and end rocket attacks on their communities.
Haniya suggested that since Israel failed to achieve its goals, it was therefore the Palestinians who were victorious for having been able to counter the Israeli aggression.
Israel launched the aggression on December 27, in form of seaborne and airborne attacks and later expanded the invasion into a full-fledged ground inclusion on January 3.
The onslaught left at least 1,300 Palestinians dead - including 411 children - and about 5,400 other wounded.
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