(Ha'aretz) Gideon Alon - Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon expressed deep concern Monday that Palestinian terror organizations would continue attacking Israel even after the completion of the disengagement plan. Ya'alon also told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that Hamas is building up a popular armed force, and is succeeding in strengthening its base more quickly than the PA. Ya'alon said the Syrian hold on Lebanon had been weakened, although Syrian military intelligence was continuing to try to intervene in internal Lebanese affairs.
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