Is the Islamic State on the Rise in Gaza?

Hamas is fighting a group that’s even more radical and violent than it is.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Iyad al-Buzm leaned forward against his lavender desk and tried to sound reassuring. “Gaza is perfectly safe. You can walk anywhere at three in the morning,” said the spokesman for the Hamas-controlled Interior Ministry. “There is no Islamic State in Gaza.” A few hours later on June 11, sirens went off in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, announcing the third barrage of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in less than two weeks. A group inspired by the Islamic State quickly claimed responsibility and promised more attacks. The rockets in the most recent attack fell short, but two previous rockets cleared the border and landed around Ashkelon. None caused any damage. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has grown fond of comparing Hamas with the band of jihadis, which now controls much of Iraq and Syria. After his September speech at the United Nations, in which he called Hamas and the Islamic State “branches of the same poisonous tree,” an exasperated Yonit Levi, the anchor of Israeli Channel 2’s main news bulletin, was caught on camera exclaiming, “Dear God, it’s 45 minutes of ‘ISIS is Hamas, Hamas is ISIS!’”

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I do feel sorry for the ordinary people of Gaza. Its bad enough living under Hamas who use them as cannon fodder is a PR campaign to gain world sympathy and who's interest is not placed first by that terrorist group. They now have an even worse group on the rise who will openly kill them as well as use them as cannon fodder in a PR campaign. Talk about stuck between a rock and a hard place for the Gazan people. Their choice, made insane terrorists, are mad insane terrorists. Like I say, it will not be long before the people of Gaza are crying out for Israeli help.