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I had spent several days in and around Gaza City, where I was talking to division, brigade and battalion commanders and their soldiers actively destroying Hamas.

The next day, on 1 October, Mr Majothi said he had an altercation with his commander, after which he separated from Russian soldiers.

In just a few months, Bovino, 55 years old, has vaulted from chief of one of the Border Patrol’s quietest sectors to tactical commander of high-profile operations in Los Angeles and now Chicago.

One of them was the son of a senior commander in Hamas's armed wing, Imad Aqel, who now heads the group's military intelligence.

Mr Banayee says he was waiting for a call to fight soldiers loyal to Ahmad Shah Massoud, a former mujahideen commander who had fought the Soviets and was now resisting the Taliban in northern Afghanistan.