Special to WorldTribune.com

GAZA CITY — Islamists were believed to have resumed their bombing
campaign in the Gaza Strip.

On April 2, a supermarket in the Gaza refugee camp of Jabalia was rocked
by an explosion. Palestinian sources said a bomb was planted in the
supermarket by what was believed to have been Islamists inspired by or
aligned with Al Qaida.

“It appears to be part of a renewed campaign to uphold Salafist morals,”
a source, referring to Al Qaida doctrine, said.

The bombing was the first in 2013 attributed to Islamists in the Gaza
Strip.

For several years, so-called Salafists, many of them linked to Al
Qaida, targeted beauty salons, music shops and Internet cafes as part of a
campaign against Western influence.

The sources said the supermarket in Jabalia was heavily damaged but nobody was injured. They said Hamas police arrived at the scene and began an investigation.

On late April 2, a Salafist militia claimed responsibility for the
firing of rockets into Israel.

The Mujahadeen Shura Council, which also
operates in neighboring Egypt, said it fired two rockets into southern
Israel.

On April 3, another round of rockets was fired into Israel.

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