Hamas And Islamic Jihad Targeted As Multiple Blasts Rock Gaza After ISIS Threat
Weeks after the Islamic State group threatened to dismantle Hamas in the Gaza Strip, multiple blasts wrecked several vehicles in the region, apparently targeting Hamas and Islamic Jihad members.
At least two people were injured in the explosions, though the extent of the damage is still being ascertained.
At least six blasts, which appeared to be coordinated, ripped through the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza city. All the damaged vehicles belonged to members of either Islamic Jihad or Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement.
No one has officially claimed responsibility for the attack but ISIS earlier threatened to target Hamas for its links with Iran and its crackdown on Salafist groups.
In a 16-minute video released in early July, the militant group said: "The road to liberate Palestine goes through Iraq and we (ISIS) are getting closer, day by day ... while they [Hamas] are moving away from that goal."