(Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center) Since the end of Israel's Operation Pillar of Defense in November 2012, Hamas operatives in Gaza, led by Hamas Minister of Interior Fathi Hamad, have increased their efforts to establish terrorist squads in the West Bank. Planned attacks against Israel include suicide bombings and the abduction of IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians. Hamad is one of the most extreme figures in Hamas, close to the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades. In April 2010, Hamad's three year-old daughter was treated at an Israeli hospital in Ashkelon after heart surgery performed in Jordan failed and her life was in danger.
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