Asharq Al-Awsat, based in London is a leading Arabic news source. It's report claims that the Hamas is in critical condition.
Here are just the top points of the Hamas crisis:
1. In the last four months, officials have been paid only 900 shekels.
2. Budgets for Hamas' offices and emergency committees have been stopped.
3. The terrorists in the military wing have not received a salary for almost three months, but the structure is still functioning.
4. There is difficulty in purchasing weapons.
5. A vacuum in management positions following the assassinations.
6. Many Hamas cells and sources of funding have been lost in Judea and Samaria.
7. There has been a decline in Hamas' popularity in Judea and Samaria.
8. In Lebanon, the Hamas branch is facing the government's demand to disarm.
9. The situation is defined as "extremely difficult and devastating."
Even so....
10. With the end of the war, sources estimate that Hamas will be able to recover, even if it takes a long time.
11. The political bureau abroad was not damaged financially or administratively.