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Ynet: Rebel groups trying to drag IDF into war in Gaza, by Ron Ben-Yishai

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Saturday night’s rocket fire from the Gaza Strip was likely carried out by Salafi Islamist organizations, which Israeli officials refer to as “rebel” groups. The radical Muslim members of these organizations wish to turn the strip into the Islamic State’s “Sinai district” branch.

Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which belong to the political Islam, are these groups’ bitter enemies and are constantly trying to destroy and target their members, seeing them as a threat to the Hamas rule in Gaza.

The Salafi group’s strategy is to get Israel to do their job for them. Their goal to get the IDF to enter the strip for another round, which will include a ground invasion. In this round, they believe, the IDF will eliminate the Hamas rule and maybe even replace it or bring members of Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority to control the strip.

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