Who is Abu al-Ata: The man behind rocket fire from Gaza Strip

While Hamas is the ruling party in the Gaza Strip, the group has in recent years been losing control over the street. And the vacuum is being filled by Ata, Tehran’s main man in Gaza.

Streaks of light are pictured as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, as seen from the Israeli side of the border March 25, 2019

Streaks of light are pictured as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, as seen from the Israeli side of the border March 25, 2019

(photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ANNA AHRONHEIM

NOVEMBER 3, 2019 15:58

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