Good questions! I share them and the thinking behind them.
WRT to Question 5, The Economist (British, not American, of course) published an informative interview with Moussa Abu Marzouk, a Hamas leader in Qatar on October 11. Apparently they DO have a bifurcated leadership, one part in Gaza and one part in Qatar, and the two parts have growing political differences: https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/10/11/a-hamas-leader-refuses-to-admit-his-group-planned-to-kill-civilians
Good questions! I share them and the thinking behind them.
WRT to Question 5, The Economist (British, not American, of course) published an informative interview with Moussa Abu Marzouk, a Hamas leader in Qatar on October 11. Apparently they DO have a bifurcated leadership, one part in Gaza and one part in Qatar, and the two parts have growing political differences: https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/10/11/a-hamas-leader-refuses-to-admit-his-group-planned-to-kill-civilians