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Source: http://jcpa.org/iran-pushes-for-escalation-of-violence-in-gaza/
Iran Pushes for Escalation in Gaza
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Yoni Ben Menachem - Islamic Jihad's new leader, Ziad Nahlah, is quick on the trigger. Nahlah is bound by money and extreme ideology to Gen. Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian al-Quds brigade of the Revolutionary Guards. According to sources in Gaza, Ziad Nahlah received instructions from Iran to sabotage the understandings with Egypt that were to lead to a temporary calm between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Iran intends to drag Israel into an extensive military conflict in Gaza through provocations from Islamic Jihad, thus keeping the IDF and Israeli air force occupied on the southern front instead of in the north, where Iran is building its military presence in Syria. The rivalry between Hamas and Islamic Jihad for the honor and support of the Gazan population is of no interest to Israel. For Israel, there is only one address for what goes on in Gaza and that is Hamas.