Fawzi barhoum biography

Hamas spokesman: The Fatah member provided me with shelter, logistical support during Cast Lead.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

A senior Hamas official revealed over the weekend that he hid in the home of a Fatah activist in the Gaza Strip during Operation Cast Lead.

Fawzi Barhoum, a prominent Hamas spokesman and a member of the movement's delegation to the reconciliation talks with Fatah, did not reveal the identity of the Fatah activist. However, Barhoum said the man used to work in the Fatah-controlled security forces in Gaza before Hamas's violent takeover of the Strip in June 2007.

He also said that the Fatah man was still in touch with the Palestinian Authority leadership in the West Bank. "He provided me with shelter and logistical support as I was hiding inside his house during the war," Barhoum added. "Another Fatah man joined us days later and even escorted me to different places." Barhoum made the revelation during a seminar in Gaza C