Mossad Blamed For Death Of Hamas Leader In Damascus
June 28 2012
A Hamas official in Lebanon says Israel's foreign intelligence agency assassinated one of the group's operatives in his Damascus apartment in Syria, reports Ynet News (Israel).
Kamal Ranaja, also known as Nizar Abu Mujhad, was reported to have died on Wednesday.
A Hamas official in Lebanon said Ranaja was killed by a Mossad team.
Ranaja reportedly once served as an aide to Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior Hamas member who was assassinated in Dubai in 2010.
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