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| Hamas nabs leader of al Qaeda-linked group in Gaza |
| 2011-03-04 |
| Hamas has arrested a senior commander of an al Qaeda-linked group in Gaza this week, sources said on Friday. Hesham al-Sa'eedni was detained on Monday. He is thought to be Egyptian and a top member of the Tawheed And Jihad group. On Thursday, Haaretz reported that al-Sa'eedni's group was associated with attacks in the Sinai peninsula, among them a 2006 attack on a hotel that killed 19 people. Hamas, which has previously denied an al Qaeda presence in Gaza, has been struggling to keep other jihadis in check following an Israeli military offensive in 2009. |
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