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Monday, August 17, 2009

Commanders for Hamas and Al Qaida killed after mosque shootout

GAZA CITY Ñ The Hamas regime has lost a top commander in an ongoing war with Al Qaida in the Gaza Strip.   

On Aug. 15, Abu Jibril Shamali, head of Hamas security forces in the southern Gaza Strip, was killed in a battle with an Al Qaida militia in the southern Gaza town of Rafah. Shamali was said to have been a leading Hamas commander and linked to the abduction of Israeli Cpl. Gilad Shalit in 2006, Middle East Newsline reported.

Hamas officials said Abu Shamali entered a mosque in Rafah's Brazil quarter to mediate an end to the takeover by the Army of Allah, or Jund Ansar Al Allah. They said Shamali was shot dead upon entry by Army of Allah commander Abu Latif Al Mussa. Al Mussa was later shot dead by Hamas forces.

Shamali was regarded as one of the most prominent of Hamas commanders, responsible for the Executive Force as well as the military in the southern Gaza Strip. Officials said Shamali, involved in numerous Hamas operations, escaped four assassination attempts by Israel.

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Hamas said it has destroyed the Army of Allah. On Aug. 16, the Islamic regime reported quiet in Rafah and said the town was deemed a closed military zone.

But the Hamas operation has led to tension along the borders of Egypt and Israel. On Aug. 17, an Israeli soldier fired toward an Egyptian soldier along the southern border after the former cocked his weapon. No Israelis were injured in the incident, which took place outside the Israeli port city of Eilat.

Officials have blamed Fatah and the Palestinian Authority for the emergence of the Al Qaida-aligned militias. They said the militias adopted Al Qaida doctrine to avoid Hamas retaliation against Fatah in the Gaza Strip.

"They [Army of Allah] said it is a war of heretics against heretics and held suspicious ties with the security forces in Ramallah," Hamas Interior Minister Fathi Hamad said.



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