Hamas cracks down on Salafists in Gaza Strip - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
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Ansari believed that Hamas’ strategy regarding the Salafists has changed after Quartet representative Tony Blair’s visit to the Gaza Strip on Feb. 15, and subsequent to the Hamas-Saudi Arabia rapprochement. “Hamas has changed [the way it deals with] us, after it moved closer to the US-led coalition against terrorism, and following the discussion about a long-term truce between Hamas and Israel,” he said.
The 72-hour deadline that Ansar al-Dawla al-Islamiya gave to Gaza’s security services is over. Nevertheless, nothing has happened yet.
A Salafist source told Al-Monitor that abductions of Salafists are continuing, including the kidnapping of Salafist Sheik Mouchir Arafa in the southern city of Khan Yunis. The source also said that Salafists arrested by Hamas security forces are being subjected to beatings, torture and humiliation.
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