A shadowy Palestinian group inspired by al-Qaida threatened the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers on Sunday, demanding that their jailed leader be released.
Hamas security forces in Gaza City.
Photo: AP [file]
The Army of the Nation said that it would use its "own means" to free Abu Hafs Makdisi, although it did not specify exactly what it would do.
The statement was posted on a terrorist Web site on Sunday.
Makdisi was jailed last week after he criticized Hamas for not strictly imposing Islamic law in Gaza. Hamas, itself an Islamic group, has controlled Gaza since June 2007.
The Army of the Nation is one of several small groups in Gaza that look to al-Qaida as their model, but they aren't believed to belong to the global terrorist network, and their capabilities appear to be limited.
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