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Army of Islam (Gaza)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “name used by the dughmush -sometimes rendered "doghmush"- hamula”. Today it says “salafi jihadist militant organization in the gaza strip”.
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Army of Islam ( Jaysh al-Islām), also known as Tawhid and Jihad Brigades , is the name used by the Dughmush -sometimes rendered "doghmush"- Hamula ( clan ) for their Islamic activities.1 It is located at the Tzabra neighborhood in the center of the Gaza Strip bordered by Israel and Egypt .2 Notorious for their kidnapping of BBC reporter Alan Johnston and capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit , Army of Islam, which appears to draw inspiration from, or is linked to al-Qaeda , have also conducted at least one bombing of a Palestinian civilian target (an empty school) and a number of other kidnappings. The group has been previously closely related to Hamas , but has been since shunned by both Hamas and Fatah . The group has also been known as the organisation of al-Qaeda in Palestine . They are also linked to the British-based Palestinian-Jordanian extremist Sheikh, Abu Qatada who they demanded be released in exchange for the BBC journalist Alan Johnston who they had kidnapped in Gaza PALESTINE: Reporter is dead, claims terror group 'The Gears' by Dr.3

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “name used by the dughmush -sometimes rendered "doghmush"- hamula”. Today it says “salafi jihadist militant organization in the gaza strip”. Read the current article and compare.
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name used by the dughmush -sometimes rendered "doghmush"- hamula

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salafi jihadist militant organization in the gaza strip

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