Islamic State declares war on rival Hamas with video execution
Source: Washington Post
Islamic State declares war on rival Hamas with video execution
By Loveday Morris January 4 at 7:27 AM
JERUSALEM The extremist Islamic State groups branch in Egypts Sinai Peninsula has taken a simmering dispute with the Palestinian Hamas group based in nearby Gaza to new levels, releasing a 22-minute video in which it calls on its followers to attack the group and shows the execution of a man it said was a collaborator.
Analysts say the escalation has the potential to destabilize an already fragile security situation in Gaza, the Palestinian enclave that Hamas has controlled for the past decade.
Never surrender to them. Use explosives, silenced pistols, and sticky bombs. Bomb their courts and their security locations, for these are the pillars of tyranny that prop up its throne, says the knife-wielding narrator of the video, according to a translation distributed by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist websites.
The video cites Hamass crackdown on Islamist militant groups in Gaza and their failure to prevent the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israels capital as reasons for attacking the group. It begins with a video clip of President Trumps announcement on Jerusalem last month.
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