For Hamas, conflict with Israel holds promise of gains
 

https://s2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K...f7fa3f8fea.jpgMired in eco**mic crisis and sidelined by former allies, the Palestinian Hamas movement has little to lose and much to gain in its latest conflict with Israel, analysts say. The flare-up in violence has exacted a heavy human toll in Gaza, with more than 1,300 Israeli strikes having killed 166 people as the operation entered its sixth day on Sunday. Its one-time key ally Egypt has largely turned against the Islamist movement following the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi last year and a subsequent *****down on his Muslim Brotherhood, which had backed Hamas. Since then, ties between Hamas and the Cairo government, **w headed by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, have deteriorated significantly.




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