Posted on 07/07/2015 4:02:29 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Israel has claimed that Hamas is aiding ISIS's branch in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in order to free up arms-smuggling routes into Gaza, in preparation for its next war with Israel.
In an interview with Israel Radio, a senior IDF officer responsible for monitoring Israel's southern borders with Gaza and Egypt claimed that, despite the ideological differences between them, a strategic alliance has been forged between Hamas in Gaza and ISIS's "Sinai Province."
"Why was it is so very important for them [Hamas] to develop the connection with Sinai Province? Because they need the raw materials that would enable the military build-up in Gaza," the Israeli colonel said, according to Reuters.
"To carry out high-quality smuggling required a special operation," he added, speaking on the eve of the one-year anniversary of Operation Protective Edge, and on condition of anonymity.
Hamas is banking on the success of "Sinai Province" in driving the Egyptian military from parts of Sinai - particularly those bordering Gaza - with the "objective of opening up a conduit" into Gaza, he said.
Under the rule of current President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi, Egypt has taken a hard line against Hamas - the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood - systematically destroying its vast network of smuggling tunnels from Sinai into Gaza, and even imposing a "buffer zone" between Egypt and Gaza.
Together with Israel's own limited blockade of the Hamas-ruled enclave, those measures have made it difficult for Hamas to rebuild its badly-damaged capabilities and infrastructure, in particular its stockpile of heavy weapons and advanced, medium- and long-range rockets.
Hamas for its part has repeatedly rejected claims by Israel that it is aiding ISIS, which is also gaining a foothold in Gaza itself.
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Some of this money has come from US taxpayers courtesy
of the Obama family, the White Mosque, Lerner,
and the abrogation of Issa and Boehner.
Hamas and ISIS should recall what happened in 1967.
That was all Israel’s fault./s
Satan has many legions.... but they’re all agreed on murdering and/or subjugating Christians and Jews (and anyone else in their expansion to take over the world)
trying to draw distinctions between any of O’s comrades in arms (ISIS, Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbellah, Hamas, PLO/PA, Iran, you name it) is a waste of time... they all share 99% in common (even when they temporarily fight each other sometimes)....and it ain’t good news for us.
We need to eliminate them, and stop shipping them arms and money
a unifier, not a divider....
I can think of some really devious and painful ways to defeat tunnels, especially occupied ones.
Dagnabit, wabbit. Why didn’t I think of claymores at both ends?
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