January 27, 2009
Hamas al-Qaeda Breaks Cease Fire With Roadside Bomb, Israel Responds
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The Islamic Hamas movement says one of its members has been wounded in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip.er uh, predictable.....The airstrike comes hours after a roadside bomb along Israel's border with Gaza killed an Israeli soldier and wounded three others.
Tuesday's violence is the worst since the sides declared a cease-fire last week.
Hamas says the militant was struck as he was riding a motorcycle in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis. Residents say Israeli tanks and bulldozers have also entered the area where the roadside bombing took place and are leveling some farmland.
Update: A group calling itself Tawhid Brigades has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Via Ynet: An Islamist group affiliated with Al-Qaeda calling itself the 'Jihad and Tawhid Brigades' claimed responsibility for the attack. The group delivered the announcement to the Ramattan news agency, which distributed the footage.There have been various al-Qaeda 2.0 type groups operating in Gaza for quite some time. The case of Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig comes to mind. As well as other journalists listed here.
Hamas always denies any involvement with the al-Qaeda linked elements, but somehow seems to be always able to "negotiate" a resolution to the ordeal. Afterward Hamas makes little no effort to disrupt these groups.
Which raises questions, if one of the escaping bombers who was killed was a also a Hamas member as they have stated, then Hamas and these al-Qaeda linked groups have cross membership. How handy that is; "War is deceit!" Hmmm who said that?
