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Report: Gazans Who Joined ISIS Battling Hamas in Sinai


(Ynet News) Liad Osmo - 50 Gazans are fighting for the Islamic State in Sinai, the Hizbullah-affiliated Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar reported Tuesday. Gazans who went to fight in Iraq, Syria and Libya have returned to Sinai and battle Hamas there under ISIS auspices. A recent ISIS video shows the execution of Musa Abu Zamat, who was once an ISIS activist but was killed for transferring arms to Hamas. In the video, both the speaker and the executioner are former Gaza residents, one saying he was the son of a senior Hamas official from al-Shati in Gaza. Al Akhbar claimed that seven more people were executed previously for the same charges.
2018-02-07 00:00:00
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