Hamas Leader Implies 'Hundreds Of Thousands' Of Palestinians May Breach Israel Border
"What's the problem with hundreds of thousands breaking through?" Hamas' Gaza leader Yehiyeh Sinwar told international reporters Thursday. The border fence, he said, was not a "sacred cow."
He served behind bars in Israel for two decades. He was a shadowy figure in the military wing of the Islamist group Hamas.
Now Yehiyeh Sinwar is head of the group's Gaza branch. He spoke with members of the international press corps for the first time on Thursday.
"I usually don't talk to the media," he said.
But he called it a "critical" time before the culmination of weeks of deadly Palestinian protests on the Israeli border. The biggest protests are scheduled for May 14 and 15, coinciding with both the opening of
