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ISIS in Sinai Prohibits Arms, Commodity Transport to Hamas
ISIS in Sinai Prohibits Arms, Commodity Transport to Hamas
Asharq Al-Awsat
19 December 2016
http://english.aawsat.com/2016/12/article55364133/isis-sinai-prohibits-arms-commodity-transport-hamas
Sinai- Palestinian sources told Asharq al-Awsat that ISIS in Sinai has been
prohibiting, for two weeks, traders of Rafah from bringing commodities into
Gaza Strip after Hamas had stopped its coordination with the organization
and arrested hundreds of its supporters.
Sources asserted that extremist members in Sinai are confiscating weapons
and ammunition as well as raw materials, used usually for manufacturing
rockets and bombs, that belong to Hamas.
Hamas earlier started a campaign against extremists after relations between
Hamas and Egypt improved— investigations with the detainees in Hamas prisons
that they greatly cooperated with ISIS members.
Weeks after the prohibition of commodity transport, Hamas started suffering
from a financial crisis, as markets underwent a shortage of commodities and
traders in Gaza Strip started to complain through local media.
Reliable sources from Hamas told Asharq al-Awsat that amidst the conflict
with ISIS members, the budget of Hamas and Al Qassam Brigades has dropped.
Sources continued that Hamas is hesitant and is considering several options
on how to deal with the current crisis and how to face its impact on
military work and financial resources.
After a request from Egypt, Hamas cut ties with ISIS, controlled the borders
and prohibited any movements of the organization members between Gaza and
Sinai.
And for the first time, ISIS in Sinai published pictures of members from
Gaza who were killed in Sinai. However, before, the organization used to
notify their families only that they were killed during military operations.
Hamas finds itself in a struggle between relations with Egypt and the
pressures exerted by ISIS on it.
Source: http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=71900
