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IDF targets Palestinian charities in bid to curb Hamas in W. Bank
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Hamas, IDF, West Bank 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for June 29, 2008.

Since Hamas seized power of the Gaza Strip roughly one year ago, the Israel Defense Forces has directed extensive resources to ensure that incident doesn't repeat itself in the West Bank.

Hamas-affiliated charities comprise one front on which the IDF is fighting that war. The army maintains that the militant group launders enormous sums of money from all over the world into the West Bank through those charities.
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Hamas is sworn to Israel's destruction, but has long been known to step in to provide basic social services where the Palestinian Authority has failed. However, the IDF sees those charities as ploys to win the support that the militant group need to seize the West Bank.


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