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An Islamic Jihad gunmen is given a martyrs funeral after he killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza August 05, 2007. Taking a moderate political position, Hamas is apparently trying to reign in militant Palestinian factions recently such as Islamic Jihad, pressuring them to abandon their public display of weapons and cease rocket and mortar attacks against Israel, presumably to increase potential bargaining power for eventual negotiations with Fatah and/or Israel and to consolidate it's hold of the strip. ..

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Copyright: 2007 Scott Nelson
Image Size: 3757x2527 / 1.5MB; Gaza Gaza Strip HAMAS Islamists Palestine Palestinian coup nation occupation
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An Islamic Jihad gunmen is given a martyrs funeral after he killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza August 05, 2007. Taking a moderate political position, Hamas is apparently trying to reign in militant Palestinian factions recently such as Islamic Jihad, pressuring them to abandon their public display of weapons and cease rocket and mortar attacks against Israel, presumably to increase potential bargaining power for eventual negotiations with Fatah and/or Israel and to consolidate it's hold of the strip. ..