Is Hamas trying to establish a new Fatah armed wing?
The Gaza-based group said that its members held general elections and elected Salem Thabet as “commander-in-chief” of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
A young boy carrying a Hamas flag walks past Palestinian women gathered as they wait for the funeral of a young Palestinian girl, outside the family's home in the Qalandiya Refugee camp in the West Bank, on December 18, 2015. (photo credit: HADAS PARUSH/FLASH90)ByKHALED ABU TOAMEHUpdated: