Masada al Mujahideen has threatened to carry out attacks against Israel and Hamas in response to the assassination of Abu al Walid al Maqdisi, the former emir of the Tawhid and Jihad Group in Jerusalem.
Salafi sources have confirmed that the Mujahideen Shura Council is a consolidation of Salafi-Jihadist groups in Gaza, and that Abu al Walid al Maqdisi was one of its leaders. Ashraf al Sabah, the emir of Ansar al Sunnah, was also killed in yesterday’s airstrike.
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On Saturday, the Israeli Air Force killed Abu al Walid al Maqdisi, the former emir of the Tawhid and Jihad Group in Jerusalem. Al Maqdisi’s death may provide evidence of the consolidation of Salafi-Jihadist groups in Gaza into the Mujahideen Shura Council.
Israel warned it would take action against a boat carrying pro-Palestinian activists if it tries to break a naval blockade of Gaza. The boat left Italy on Oct. 7 with 20 people from eight countries on board.
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The Israeli Air Force struck a terrorist training camp in the northern Gaza. The attack is the latest in a series of air and rocket strikes between Israeli forces and Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Just a couple of hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu charged that Hezbollah was responsible for the drone sent over Israel on Oct. 6, Hezbollah took responsibility.
Israel abandoned plans for an imminent attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Israeli intelligence concluded that a significant portion of Iran’s 20% enriched uranium had been diverted to a medical research reactor.
The death of Abdullah Muhammad Hassan Maqawai may provide further evidence that terrorists from Hamas and Islamic Jihad are joining al Qaeda-linked groups in the Gaza Strip.
Israel launched an airstrike into Gaza on Sunday targeting members of a Gaza-based jihadist network. Hamas and Islamic Jihad fired mortars and rockets into Israel in retaliation. Israeli warplanes responded, hitting several rocket-launching units.
On Sunday, Israel targeted a ‘global jihad operative’ as well as a member of the Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem said to be involved in a June 2011 terrorist attack.
On Saturday morning the Israeli Air Force shot down a foreign drone in the northern Negev. The origin of the drone is currently unknown, but early theories point to Hezbollah or Iran.
Israeli air force jets shot down an unmanned drone after it crossed the southern border into Israel. It is unclear where the drone came from.
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Authorities indicted an Arab citizen of Israel on charges of spying for Hezbollah. He is accused of gathering intelligence on Israel’s president and on army installations.
Israeli intelligence believes that Ansar Jerusalem is responsible for the majority of the recent attacks emanating from the Sinai and that the group is increasing recruitment.
Egyptian authorities have reportedly arrested two Islamist militants in the Sinai, while Britain has reiterated its willingness to provide Egypt with military advice on operations against jihadists in the area.
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The group said that three Egyptians trained for the operation, and were “armed with their personal Kalashnikovs, PKs, RPGs and hand grenades, and wearing their explosive belts.”
The Israeli Army thwarted an attempt by armed militants to cross the border from Egypt into Israel. Three militants and an Israeli soldier were killed. The militants were heavily armed with rifles, bullet-proof vests, and explosive belts.
Israeli troops killed three “terrorists” who attacked a construction crew as it was building a security fence along the border with Egypt. One of the terrorists was wearing a suicide vest.
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