At least two people were reportedly injured in the attack, which may have been tied to Islamic State affiliated militants in the Strip.
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Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Explosions on Sunday destroyed five cars in Gaza belonging to members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, witnesses and a security source said, amid tensions between the Palestinian territory’s rulers and Islamist extremists.
The casualties have not been officially confirmed.
Six cars of senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad officials blown up in Gaza, likely as part of internal power struggle with ISIS.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the explosions, but in recent months there were several confrontations in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood between Hamas security forces and fighters from a group affiliated with the Islamic State group operating in the impoverished strip.
A spate of bomb attacks has targeted public buildings and officials as well as worldwide organisations.
The Takfiri terrorist group, which is allied to ISIL, is responsible for most of the attacks in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula.
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Hamas has cracked down on Salafist groups in the Strip, who have responded with rocket fire at Israel in the hope of drawingthe IDF into the fray against Hamas.
