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Al Qaeda
Al-Qaida group urges jihad after Gaza leaders is part of jihad against Jews, threaten large-scale retaliation
Israel
Sudan: a front for Israel’s proxy war on Sinai jihadis?
Israel
Air and rocket attacks between Israel and Hamas subsided after an Egyptian-mediated truce was reached. Six Palestinians were killed and five Israelis wounded in two days of fighting.
Ennahda
Tunisia Jews: A tiny community hanging on – and cooking
AQAP offers condolences for top Salafi leaders killed in Gaza
AQAP is the latest group to release a statement regarding the deaths of Abu al Walid al Maqdisi and Ashraf al Sabah.
Israel
Militants launched 60 rockets from Gaza into Israel, hitting several houses and wounding three civilians. Israel responded with airstrikes against the rocket-launching squads, killing four militants, three of whom were members of Hamas. The fighting followed a lull in attacks during the visit to Gaza of the Emir of Qatar earlier in the week.
Hamas
Qatar visit breaks Gaza ice, delights Hamas
Salafi-Jihadists in Gaza to continue efforts to establish Islamic Emirate
Efforts to establish an Islamic Emirate in the Gaza Strip are continuing, according to a leading Salafi-Jihadist in Gaza.
Mujahideen Shura Council details recent rocket attacks against Israel in new video
The Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem has released a new video detailing its recent rocket attacks against Israel and threatening to “fight you [Israel] as long as we hold…weapons in our hands.”
Israel
Israeli air strikes killed two Palestinian militants in northern Gaza. The militants had been firing mortar shells at an Israeli tank.
Islamic State of Iraq offers condolences for top Salafi leaders in Gaza
In a statement released on jihadist forums, the Islamic State of Iraq has offered its condolences for the recent deaths of Abu al Walid al Maqdisi and Ashraf al Sabah in the Gaza Strip.
Israel
Israeli troops boarded a ship that tried to break through Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. The pro-Palestinian activists aboard did not resist. The ship was diverted to an Israeli port.
Israel
The US and Israel are preparing a major joint air defense exercise, the largest to date. The exercise will simulate a multifront missile attack against Israel.
Israel
For the first time, Palestinian militants in Gaza fired an antiaircraft missile at an Israeli aircraft. The missile may have been looted from Libya. An Islamist group in the Sinai said it would take revenge on Israel for killing five Palestinian militants, including the leader of an al Qaeda-affiliated group, in Gaza over the weekend.
Ansar Jerusalem threatens to attack Israel for killing top Salafi leaders in Gaza
Ansar Jerusalem has threatened to attack Israel in response to the killing of Abu al Walid al Maqdisi and Ashraf al Sabah.
Statements pour in for 2 Salafi leaders recently killed in Gaza
Since the deaths of Abu al Walid al Maqdisi and Ashraf al Sabah, a number of related statements and eulogies have appeared on jihadist forums.
Turkish jihadists eulogize slain German al Qaeda leader
Islamic World, a Turkish jihadist magazine, said that Bekkay Harrach fought against Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, traveled to Iraq, where he was wounded, and was detained by Syrian security forces. Harrach also lived with Atiyah Abd al Rahman in Pakistan.
Hamas
Israel Aims Strikes at Militants in Gaza
Masada al Mujahideen says Hamas is responsible for death of top Salafi leader, threatens attacks
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.
Mujahideen Shura Council is consolidation of Salafi-Jihadist groups in Gaza: sources
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.
Egypt
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood plays to popular anti-Israel sentiment as political tensions mount
Israeli Air Force kills leader of the Tawhid and Jihad Group in Gaza airstrike
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
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.
Hezbollah
Hizbollah leader says he will send more drones over Israel
Israel
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.
Hezbollah takes responsibility for last week’s drone over Israel
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
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.
Mujahideen Shura Council member killed by Israel likely former member of Islamic Jihad
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
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.