At a news conference on Sept. 23, Ghussein said the alleged Israeli
network tracked Hamas and other insurgency operatives later attacked in
Israeli air strikes, Middle East Newsline reported. He said the operatives also planted bombs in Hamas and
other militia facilities.
"They were a real danger to the unity of the people and their
resistance," Ghussein said.
The Hamas announcement came amid rising unrest that stemmed from the
arrest of hundreds of Palestinians over the last two months. Many of those
arrested and accused of working for Israel were said to have been turned in
by family and neighbors.
"They worked to penetrate the resistance factions to achieve many of the
intelligence tasks and locate the factions," Ghussein said.
The network was said to have been directed by the Israel Security
Agency, responsible for domestic operations and those in the West Bank and
Gaza Strip. Officials said Israeli intelligence exploited the rift between
Hamas and Fatah to expand operations.
"Fatah affiliates have in some cases gathered information on leaders
from the government and other factions," Ghussein said.
Hamas, which said it sentenced one suspect to death, did not disclose
how many were arrested in the crackdown. Officials said some of the suspects
included women as well as those who helped the Israeli military during the
invasion of the Gaza Strip in January 2009.
"The phenomena is small, but we have arrested many," Hamas Internal
Security Service commander Abu Abdallah Lafi said.
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