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Kamal Ghanaja

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Another Hamas official discounted the conjecture that the Mossad was behind the killing because the Mossad is not brutal or reckless enough to kill him and dispose of the body in the way Ghanaja was by decapitation, placement of his severed body parts in a closet, and torching his apartment.
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outside Damascus. Hamas sources stated his "charred, scarred, body was concealed in a ceiling closet and a fire had engulfed the house which apparently the assassins had started." They did not confirm who was behind the killing, although one official blamed the
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responded the allegation was "not necessarily true.". Aw week later Hamas officials claim that he was killed as a result of accident.
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of killing Ghanaja as a warning to the group for abandoning support of the Syrian government during the uprising.
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On 28 June 2012, Hamas officials reported that Ghanaja was assassinated in his home in the suburb of
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Meanwhile, Syrian opposition activists accused the government of
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Mashaal meets Jordan Brotherhood leaders amid election boycott
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Funeral of assassinated Hamas leader to be held in Jordan
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and was attended by his family. Hamas secretary-general
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Hamas member 'assassinated' in Syrian capital Damascus
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and a former aid to one of its slain external leaders
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leader Sheikh Hammam Said also attended the funeral.
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Hamas
Mahmoud al-Mabhouh
Damascus
Syria
Qudsaya
Mossad
Israel
Ehud Barak
Defense Minister
Bashar al-Assad
Amman
Jordan
Khaled Meshaal
Islamic Action Front



Hamas member 'assassinated' in Syrian capital Damascus
BBC News



Hamas says member killed in Damascus home
Reuters
"Report: Hamas official in Damascus was killed in accident, not assassination"
"Damascus hit 'too cruel for Mossad.'"
Funeral of assassinated Hamas leader to be held in Jordan
Archived
Wayback Machine
Ma'an News Agency

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