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From: Nadine Carroll9/10/2012 5:57:39 AM
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debka reports the alliance between Iran and Hamas is breaking down, as Hamas reverts to its natural MB Egyptian patronage. Iran is diverting aid to the Islamic Jihad of Gaza. But Hamas has a serious problem: broke Egypt cannot replace Iranian aid money. debka notes the recent failure of a Gazan Hamas delegation to Tehran to secure more money:

The failure of their mission confronts the Palestinian rulers of the Gaza Strip with three tough problems:

1. Iran and Hizballah have severed most of their ties with Hamas, except for providing its combatants with training at facilities outside Tehran and at Hizballah bases in the Lebanese Beqaa Valley. But no more weapons supplies or Iranian military advisers for guidance in developing new and advanced fighting units.

2. The lion’s share of Iranian-Hizballah military investment in Palestinian extremist organizations has been diverted from Hamas to the Jihad Islami of the Gaza Strip. That organization has been built up to three battalions and labeled “The Storm Brigades.” The missiles formerly assigned to Hamas are allocated to Jihad.
Heads of the Hamas military wing are concerned that the Jihad is outstripping them in numbers, training and equipment.

3. Tehran has stopped funding to the Hamas government, which finds itself in financial straits as severe as the rival Palestinian Authority in Ramallah. The $200 million which Qatar recently gifted the Gazan government is a drop in the ocean. No succor can be sought from bankrupt Egypt.

This debka report should be read in tandem with the NYT's renewal of Gazan front page sob stories. Apparently Hamas has a specially poverty-stricken slum in reserve to show off to Western reporters (or their fixers) when more foreign aid is urgently needed:

Extreme Poverty in Gaza’s Isolated Enclave By JODI RUDOREN A United Nations report cites widespread food shortages, makeshift homes and overcrowded hospitals amid an exploding population in Gaza’s Forgotten Neighborhood
nytimes.com
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