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HAMAS HAS blamed Israeli agents for last week’s assassination in Dubai of a founder of its military wing, and vowed to retaliate.

Mahmoud Mabhouh (50), held responsible by Israel for the abduction and murder of two Israeli soldiers in 1989, died in mysterious circumstances on January 20th, a day after arriving in the emirate.