The group was formed in 2011 or 2012 by Salafist Islamist Hisham Al-Saedni (also known as Abu al Walid al Maqdisi)[4] to coordinate the activities of the Salafi jihadist groups operating in Gaza even before the Egyptian Revolution of 2011[5] and has carried out attacks against civilians in Israel.[3] The group describes violence against Jews as a religious obligation that brings its perpetrators closer to God.[6] Al-Saedni, who was the leader of the group and also of Jahafil Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad fi Filastin, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on 14 October 2012.[7] The group is subordinated with Al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula as of August 2012.[8]