Källor: Islamiska Jihad i Egypten för samtal
Representanter för palestinska Islamiska Jihad befinner sig i Kairo för samtal med egyptiska myndigheter, enligt Reuters, som har varit i kontakt med medlemmar i gruppen med insyn i förhandlingarna.
Terrorklassade Islamiska Jihad beskrivs som en allierad till Hamas och tros hålla flera israeler som gisslan på Gazaramesan.
Samtalen i Egypten kommer att fokusera på ”sätt att få slut på den israeliska aggressionen mot vårt folk”, säger en källa till Reuters.
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Palestinska Islamiska Jihad
Wikipedia (en)
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine (Arabic: حركة الجهاد الإسلامي في فلسطين, Harakat al-Jihād al-Islāmi fi Filastīn), commonly known simply as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), is a Palestinian Islamist paramilitary organization formed in 1981.
PIJ formed as an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood and was influenced ideologically in its formation by the Islamic regime in Iran. It is a member of the Alliance of Palestinian Forces, which rejects the Oslo Accords and whose objective is the establishment of a sovereign Islamic Palestinian state. It calls for the military destruction of Israel and rejects a two-state solution. The organization's financial backing has historically come mainly from Syria and Hezbollah. Since 2014, PIJ has seen its power steadily increase with the backing of funds from Iran.The armed wing of PIJ is Al-Quds Brigades (also known as "Saraya"), also formed in 1981, which is active in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, with its main strongholds in the West Bank being the cities of Hebron and Jenin. Its operations have included suicide bombings, attacks on Israeli civilians, as well as the firing of rockets into Israel. PIJ has been designated a terrorist organisation by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Israel.
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