Army Of Islam (Palestine)
Army of Islam ( ''Jaysh al-Islām''), officially The Army of Islam Group in Jerusalem (''Jama'at Jaysh al-Islam fi Bayt al-Maqdis''), is a Salafi Jihadism, Salafi Jihadist militant organization in the Gaza Strip. It was founded by the Doghmush clan in 2006, and is based in the Tzabra neighborhood in the center of the Gaza Strip. The group has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States and the UAE. History The Army of Islam was founded in late 2005. An Israeli helicopter strike killed Army of Islam senior leader Mohammed Jamil al-Nemnem, 27, in Gaza City on 3 November 2010. Nemnem was second-in-command to Mumtaz Doghmush. Egypt had reportedly tipped-off Israel that Nemnem was helping plan an attack on the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Peninsula. In a subsequent statement, Israel claimed Nemnem was involved in directiong multiple terrorist attacks targeting Israelis in recent years. Following the Nemnem strike, the Israeli Air Force killed ...
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