Hamas Counted on Support From Hezbollah and PLO, Journalist Hersh Quotes Source as Saying

Hamas hoped that Hezbollah and the Palestine Liberation Organization would support them, U.S. journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh said, citing an unidentified U.S. official. The American intelligence community believes the recent Hamas raid into Israel failed in every way, Hersh said, citing an unidentified knowledgeable official. “There was a belief by Hamas that the success of their raid, which was planned over two years, was going to rally the Arab world to their cause. They thought Hezbollah and the PLO [Palestine Liberation Organization] in the West Bank, would support them,” he quoted the official as saying. According to…