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Source: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/2015/05/28/hamas-s-islamic-state-woes/i94r
Hamas' Islamic State Woes
(Sada-Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) Benedetta Berti - The past few weeks have seen a series of clashes between Hamas and self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) affiliates in Gaza, such as Ansar al-Dawla al-Islamiyya. These local jihadi cells maintain ideological (but not operational) links to al-Qaeda and have been active in Gaza since 2007, opposing the Hamas government. The writer is a research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies in Israel.