(CNS News) Julie Stahl - Hamas is using the current period of "calm" to build a popular army in Gaza that would resist any future Israeli incursions or any attempt by PA Chairman Abbas to disarm the organization, a senior Israeli military source said. Hamas believes that following the parliamentary elections, the Palestinian public will have a "crisis in expectations" and Hamas will regain the "legitimacy for violent confrontation," the source said.
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