(Israel Hayom) Nadav Shragai - According to the Israel Security Agency, until a few years ago, Hamas' West Bank "office" was led from Turkey and Qatar by Saleh al-Arouri, who is now deputy head of Hamas' politburo. He has been succeeded by Maher Obeid, who lives in Beirut. The headquarters he currently heads operates out of four locations: Beirut, Doha, Istanbul, and Gaza. It oversees three separate districts, each of which is headed by terrorists who were deported to Gaza in the deal to free captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. The southern West Bank is the responsibility of Abdel Rahman Ranimat, the former head of the Zurif terrorist cell which kidnapped and killed IDF soldier Sharon Edri and carried out the suicide bombing at the Apropo cafe in Tel Aviv in 1997. The central West Bank is in the charge of Abdallah Arar who was involved in the abduction of Sasson Nuriel in 2005. Fursan Khalifa, who oversees operations in the northern West Bank, is suspected of handling the cell that murdered Rabbi Raziel Shevach. Israel has discovered at least two plots by Hamas in the West Bank to topple the PA government. Hamas turned out to be deeply involved in the recent riots on the Temple Mount, which were organized ahead of time.
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