On July 24, 2009, a communiqué was posted on the Al-Shura jihadist website claiming to be from the salafi group in Gaza commonly known by the name "Jaljalat." The communiqué deals with the July 21 attack on a wedding celebration of family members of senior Fatah official Muhammad Dahlan in Khan Yunis. Hamas has denied responsibility for the attack and has accused radical salafis of being behind it.[1] One salafi group in Gaza, Jund Ansar Allah, already denied these accusations and threatened Hamas not to use the incident as a pretext to take action against it.[2] In the new communiqué, Jaljalat also denies any involvement in the attack on the Dahlan wedding......
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