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Hisham Al-Saedni

Hisham Al Saedni, also known by the nom de guerre Abu Walid al-Maqdisi, was a Palestinian military activist and a Muslim leader and founding member of the Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem in the Gaza Strip and he was also leader of al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad, a branch of al-Qaeda in Gaza.

Early life
Al-Saedni was born around 1965 in Cairo, and according to other sources in Bureij in Gaza Strip and his family moved to Egypt when he was two years old. He lived in Egypt and Jordan. He fought for Al Qaeda in Iraq. Egypt wanted to arrest him due to his alleged involvement in attacks against Egypt's tourist sites. ==Militant activities==
Militant activities
On 5 February 2011, Al-Saedni, then also known as Sheikh 'Ahed Ahmad 'Abd Al-Karim Al-Sa'idani, was the leader of a Gazan jihadist group calling itself Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, and posted a fatwa stating that Jews and Christians may be targeted in lethal attacks such as those of 9/11 because they are "aggressive combatants" and "fundamentally not innocent". The fatwa also stated that it is not permissible to refrain from such attacks for fear of hurting Muslims, "because this would mean stopping the jihad". Al-Saedni tried to unite all the different groups of Salafi jihadists in Gaza but was killed in an Israeli airstrike two months later. ==Death==
Death
Hisham Al-Saedni was killed on 13 October 2012 by an Israeli Air Force strike together with Ashraf Al-Sabah who was also a Salafist. Israel said it was responding to an earlier rocket attack on southern Israel. ==References==
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