#IS core accounts attacking #Hamas describing Haniya as "dog asking 4 Iran's support" saying #IS "will be in #Gaza" + pic.twitter.com/O7hdYFiY6q
— Elijah J. Magnier (@EjmAlrai) May 6, 2015
Pro-IS Group In Gaza Complains Hamas 'Worse Than Israel'.(rferl).
Tensions are rising in Gaza between the Palestinian group Hamas and Jamaat Ansar al-Dawla al-Islamiya Fi Bayt al-Maqdis (The Supporters Of Islamic State In Jerusalem), a Salafist faction that considers itself loyal to the Islamic State (IS) group.
The flare-up was sparked on May 3 when Hamas destroyed a mosque belonging to the Supporters Of Islamic State In Jerusalem (SISJ) in the coastal enclave's Deir al-Balah city.
SISJ responded to the demolition of the mosque by issuing a statement threatening to carry out actions against Hamas targets if the Palestinian group did not release several SISJ militants who were detained in Gaza last month.
A Twitter account linked to the SISJ tweeted on May 3 that they would give Hamas 72 hours to release the Salafist prisoners or face the consequences.
One of the individuals whose release SISJ is demanding is Sheikh Adnan Khader Mayyat, a radical Salafist whom Hamas says has ties to IS. After Mayyat's arrest, sources close to the Salafist group in Gaza accused Hamas of fighting "mujahedin [jihadist fighters] who belong to the Salafist movement."
According to Egyptian daily Al-Masry al-Youm, the Supporters Of Islamic State In Jerusalem statement said that three bulldozers had demolished the mosque, "in a manner that even the Jewish and American Occupation has not done."
The SISJ added that, "in the light of Hamas' new behavior, we renew our loyalty to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and call on him to strengthen his influence and to launch a campaign in Palestine and to unite in the fight against the Jews and their accomplices." Hmmm......Pop corn time. Read the full story here
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