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The Growing al-Qaeda Presence in the Hamas-Controlled Gaza Strip

The Growing al-Qaeda Presence in the Hamas-Controlled Gaza Strip

May 1, 2007 | Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi
Al-Qaeda generally thrives wherever central authority of governments is collapsing and therefore its current success in the war-torn Gaza Strip should not come as a surprise. Just after Israel’s unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip in August 2005, there were reports that al-Qaeda had exploited the new security vacuum that had been created and begun to dispatch its operatives to this territory.