Security forces have uncovered and captured a gang of Moslem terrorists operating in the Gaza Strip, the IDF spokesman announced Thursday.
The gang members are reported to have been responsible for the recent stabbing murders of Chaim Azran, 35, and Yisrael Kitaro, 43, two Ashkelon residents, while they were shopping in Gaza. The gang also wounded another man, Shabtai Shwili.
The IDF spokesman said the gang members belonged to the Islamic Jihad movement, regarded as the most extreme of all the terrorist groups operating in the Gaza area.
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