Hamas and Islamic State Face off in Gaza
National extremism against anti-national extremism.
May 12, 2015
Hamas and Islamic State Face off in Gaza
National extremism against anti-national extremism.
Radical jihadists loosely affiliated with Islamic State (IS) and, like IS, adherents of the Salafi school of Islam have carried out a string of attacks against Hamas officials and offices in Gaza. Hamas has retaliated by making arrests and destroying a mosque affiliated with the movement. Danny Rubinstein explains the dispute between these two terrorist groups:
May 12, 2015
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