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Hamas Maintains Links with Sinai Jihadists, Israeli Security Sources Say
(IHS Jane's Defence Weekly-UK) Yaakov Lappin - Despite ideological differences, the Palestinian militant group Hamas has forged operational links with al-Qaeda-inspired Salafist-jihadist groups in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, allowing it to order attacks on Israel without "leaving a fingerprint," Israeli security sources said. Egypt's military government now sees Gaza as a source of arms and fighters who infiltrate into Sinai to support attacks.