It’s been thee months since the last suicide bombing. Remember how Hamas vowed to ‘avenge’ Yassin and al-Rantissi?
From the Jerusalem Post (June 3, 2004):
“The main factor in the decline of their capability is the killing and capture of their leadership. Only one senior West Bank Hamas figure, Ibrahim Hamad who is the commander in the Ramallah area, is still at large, having survived numerous attempts to capture or kill him. Others have fled and are believed to be in Syria…
…”Their rotating leadership is expending all its energy hiding. They are afraid of Israel hitting them which makes any sort of sophisticated planning difficult,” said Bar, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Policy and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya.” [Hat Tip: Max Harris]