What is Tawhid al-Jihad (Gaza Strip)?
{{infobox war faction|name=Jahafil Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad fi Filastin|native_name=({{lang-ar|جَحَافِلُ اَلتَّوْحِيدِ وَالْجِهَادِ فِي فِلَسْطِينَ}})|native_name_lang=ar|war=the [[Gaza–Israel conflict]] and<br>the [[War on Terror|Global War on Terrorism]]|image=[[File:Flag of Jihad.svg|border|300px]]|caption=The [[Shahada]] flag commonly used by al-Qaeda.|active=6 November 2008 – present|ideology=[[Salafist jihadism]]<br> [[Wahhabism]]|leader=[[Abu Walid al-Maqdisi]] <small>(5 February 2011-13 October 2012)</small><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://ctc.westpoint.edu/militant-imagery-project/0311/ |title=Image Praising Abu al-Walid al-Maqdisi |access-date=30 October 2023 |journal=[[Combating Terrorism Center at West Point]]}}</ref>|area=[[Gaza Strip]], and little in the [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai]]|partof={{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg|center|250px}} [[al-Qaeda]]|allies={{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg|center|250px}} [[al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula]]|opponents={{Flagdeco|United States|size=23px}} [[United States Armed Forces]]<br>{{flag|Israel}}<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg|23px}} [[Hamas]]|battles=[[Gaza–Israel conflict]] and<br>the [[War on Terror|Global War on Terrorism]]}} '''Jahafil Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad fi Filastin''' (The Armies for [[Monotheism]] and [[Jihad]] in the [[Palestinian territories]]) is a [[Islamism|Islamist]] [[militant group]] in [[Gaza]] and the [[Sinai Peninsula]] and is a division of [[al-Qaeda]] in Gaza. The founding of the group was made public on the 6th of November 2008, with the announcers [[Bay'ah|pledging allegiance]] to [[al-Qaeda]] after being messaged by [[Osama bin Laden]] and [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]].<ref>[http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=466&param=GJN New Gaza Organization Vows Loyalty to al-Qaeda], [[MEMRI]] 10-11-2008</ref> == Religious ruling allowing killing of civilians == On the 5th of February 2011, the commander of a group that called itself '''Jama'at Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad''', [[Abu al-Walid al-Maqdisi]] posted a religious ruling al