Two killed on Gaza-Egypt border in confrontation between Hamas and rival Islamist militants

Record ID: 906804

  • Title: Two killed on Gaza-Egypt border in confrontation between Hamas and rival Islamist militants
  • Date: 17th August 2017
  • Summary: RAFAH, GAZA (AUGUST 17, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FUNERAL PROCESSION FOR HAMAS SECURITY MAN VEHICLE DRIVING, CARRYING HAMAS MEN GAZA CITY, GAZA (AUGUST 17, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HAMAS INTERIOR MINISTRY SPOKESMAN EAD AL-BOZOM (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HAMAS INTERIOR MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, EAD AL-BOZOM, SAYING: "We are at the interior ministry implementing all the needed measures to maintain the quiet security situation in the Gaza Strip and the stable security situation at the border area with Egypt in the south of the Gaza Strip." RAFAH, GAZA (AUGUST 17, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HAMAS POLICE CHECKING CARS AT ROAD BLOCK VARIOUS OF EGYPT-GAZA BORDER AREA
  • Embargoed: 31st August 2017 14:20
  • Keywords: Israel Egypt Gaza Palestinians Salafists Sinai Peninsula border explosion Hamas
  • Location: RAFAH AND GAZA CITY, GAZA
  • City: RAFAH AND GAZA CITY, GAZA
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016UJMZIF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A Hamas security man and a member of a rival Islamist militant group were killed on Thursday (August 17) in a confrontation in the Gaza Strip near the Palestinian enclave's border with Egypt, security sources said.
    Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, has stepped up patrols in the border area with the declared aim of preventing the movement of so-called Jihadist Salafis between the territory and the Sinai peninsula, where Islamic State has been battling Egyptian troops for years.
    "A security force stopped two persons who approached the border. One of them blew himself up and was killed. The other was wounded," the Hamas-run Interior Ministry said in a statement.
    It said several Hamas security men were hurt, and hospital officials told reporters that one of them died of his wounds.
    Security sources said the militant killed in the blast was a member of a Salafi group.
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