Jaljalat is an armed Islamist group operating in the Gaza Strip taking inspiration from al-Qaeda. In September 2009, the organization revealed it had attempted to assassinate former US president Jimmy Carter and Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair. The organization has an estimated 750 members, including dozens of former Hamas militiamen who oppose any sort of cease-fire deal with Israel and what they perceive as Hamas' move to religious "moderation. Aljalat and other groups in the Gaza Strip may be seeking to gain the support from al Qaeda by carrying out violent operations in Egypt.Structure and StrengthIn an interview on 05 March 2014 with The Associated Press, Abu Bakir al-Ansari (nom de guerre and a leader in Jaljalat) described the group as being part of the Salafi groups in Gaza that have formed a loose alliance: "We are six groups and we have thousands of fighters, maybe 4,000." He added that "The jihadists in Gaza are not a popular movement. Rather, it is an elite movement.…
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