Hamas has been treating Islamic State fighters from Sinai in Gaza hospitals in exchange for money and weapons, Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories chief Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai tells the Saudi website Elaph.
The Islamic State fighters enter Gaza through tunnels from Egypt and receive medical treatment in Hamas-run hospitals, Mordechai tells the Saudi site.
In exchange, the IS-affiliate gives Hamas guns and money, he says.
There are a number of small Salafist groups in Gaza claiming ties to the Islamic State, some of whom have been trying to wrest some control of the Strip from Hamas, which is the de facto ruler of the Palestinian enclave.
Egypt, locked in a battle with Islamic State-linked fighters in Sinai, has recently upped efforts to clamp down on smuggling between Gaza and Sinai, flooding a network of smuggling tunnels and building a moat the length of the border.
— with Judah Ari Gross
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