Egypt’s Sisi is Set to Take Crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood to Hamas in Gaza

Egyptian Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is set to take the ruthless crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood to Hamas, its branch next door in the Gaza Strip.

“Gaza is next,” said one senior security official quoted by Reuters.

Sisi, who is likely to run for president, feels that to lead effectively and improve his country’s economy, he needs to stamp out all forms of opposition and terrorism so that people feel secure.

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“The closing of tunnels has cut off the bulk cash smuggling and the taxation of goods that came through the tunnels,” Jonathan Schanzer, vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told the Post.

“This has reduced the Hamas budget by roughly 75 percent. In my 10 years of following terror finance, I have never seen a terror group come this close to financial ruin,” said Schanzer.

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