Daesh fighters coming from Egypt through tunnels. IDF hunting again for tunnels.
Israel has accused Hamas of allowing Daesh fighters to enter the Gaza Strip for joint training.
The accusation was made last week by Major-General Yoav Mordehai, the Israeli government’s coordinator for Palestinian affairs in the West Bank and Gaza, in an interview he gave to a Saudi website. According to General Mordehai, the Daesh members were allowed in through tunnels beneath the Gaza-Egypt border and brought with them wounded comrades for medical treatment.
Hamas, which has been trying to mend its ties with the Egyptian government, has denied the accusations and maintains that it is operating “only inside occupied Palestine”. However, Israeli intelligence claims to have evidence of widespread logistical cooperation between Hamas and Willayat Sinai, the Daesh-affiliate fighting against Egyptian troops in Sinai, which was formerly known as Ansar Bait al-Makdas.
Hamas is anxious to hide any connection with Daesh as it needs the goodwill of the Egyptians to open the Rafah border-crossing. But while its political wing have been conducting talks in Cairo, in the hopes of appeasing President Abdel Fattah a-Sisi, its military wing has continued to cooperate with Daesh.
Hamas is allowing Daesh fighters in to Gaza through tunnels says Israeli Major | The Jewish Chronicle
Israel has accused Hamas of allowing Daesh fighters to enter the Gaza Strip for joint training.
The accusation was made last week by Major-General Yoav Mordehai, the Israeli government’s coordinator for Palestinian affairs in the West Bank and Gaza, in an interview he gave to a Saudi website. According to General Mordehai, the Daesh members were allowed in through tunnels beneath the Gaza-Egypt border and brought with them wounded comrades for medical treatment.
Hamas, which has been trying to mend its ties with the Egyptian government, has denied the accusations and maintains that it is operating “only inside occupied Palestine”. However, Israeli intelligence claims to have evidence of widespread logistical cooperation between Hamas and Willayat Sinai, the Daesh-affiliate fighting against Egyptian troops in Sinai, which was formerly known as Ansar Bait al-Makdas.
Hamas is anxious to hide any connection with Daesh as it needs the goodwill of the Egyptians to open the Rafah border-crossing. But while its political wing have been conducting talks in Cairo, in the hopes of appeasing President Abdel Fattah a-Sisi, its military wing has continued to cooperate with Daesh.
Hamas is allowing Daesh fighters in to Gaza through tunnels says Israeli Major | The Jewish Chronicle