Blog:Hamas crackdown on Gaza challengers
There were reports coming from Gaza this week that Hamas was losing patience with the Jund Ansar Allah - or Soldiers of the Followers of God.
An unsuccessful attempt was apparently made to detain the military commander of the group, a man going by the nickname of Abu Adbullah al-Muhajir.
Hamas security men approached him as he was leaving a mosque in Rafah. According to a source close to Hamas, Muhajir and his bodyguards threatened to detonate explosive belts they were wearing, and escaped.
The group let it be known that this Friday its spiritual leader, Abdul Latif Moussa, would declare an “Islamic emirate”.