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Al-Qaeda Leader in Gaza Dies in Gunfight with Hamas
R. Waxman 15/08/2009 21:28
On Friday afternoon, Hamas military forces surrounded a mosque in the Rafah, in southern Gaza, where over 100 members of an Al-Qaeda supported group were gathered. "Jund Ansar Allah" – "The Soldiers of the Companions of G-d", is an fundamentalist Islamic organization, reported to be more extreme than Hamas in its beliefs. The Gazan leader of the group, Abdel-Latif Moussa, was died during the clashes with Hamas forces, after detonating an explosive vest he was wearing on Saturday morning. At least 24 people were killed, and another 150 injured in the gunfight. (Ha'aretz