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Hamas urged to free pro-Al Qaida group leader
Jaysh Al Ummah, a pro- Al Qaida group, called on Monday for Hamas to release its leader, Abu Hafss, who was detained last week after an armed training session in the Gaza Strip.
- Agencies
- Published: 15:22 September 8, 2008
Gaza: Jaysh Al Ummah, a pro- Al Qaida group, called on Monday for Hamas to release its leader, Abu Hafss, who was detained last week after an armed training session in the Gaza Strip.
"He is a fighter and should not be jailed," a masked spokesman for Jaysh Al Ummah told a news conference in the Hamas-ruled territory.
The spokesman said the group would use "dialogue and not guns" to seek Abu Hafss' release.
Abu Hafss, 35, did not return home after being ordered by Hamas internal security to report for questioning last Wednesday, two days after some 25 Jaysh al-Ummah gunmen participated in a training session to which Reuters reporters were granted access.
The Hamas-run Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip had no comment on Abu Hafss' whereabouts or the spokesman's remarks.
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