Palestinians Aim to Learn from Hezbollah

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Saturday, September 2. 2006

Palestinians Aim to Learn from Hezbollah

By Joshua Mitnick (Washington Times)

Gunmen from the militant Palestinian Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade say they envy Hezbollah even as they despair of their own inability to defeat Israeli forces.

"Even though we feel our capabilities are depleted...[and] our generation feels a little demoralized, the next generations will not stop," said gunman Abu Ameed, who used a nickname for fear of arrest by the Israeli military.

Israeli officials and analysts have expressed concern that Palestinian militants will try to replicate Hezbollah's tactics and "Lebanonize" areas such as the Gaza Strip by smuggling advanced weapons and building bunkers.

"In Lebanon the resistance is united," Ameed said. "But here everyone started to look out for themselves."

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