Two Palestinian militant factions, Ansar al-Sunnah and Tawhid and Jihad Group, claimed firing rockets at Israeli settlements as revenge for Israel's recent retaliatory strikes in Gaza for the Eilat attacks.
Ansar al-Sunnah in Jerusalem, a Gaza-based militant faction, praised the multi-stage attacks in Eilat, Israel, on August 18, 2011, in which eight Israelis were killed, and fired a rocket into Kissufim in revenge for Israel's retaliatory airstrike.
Ansar al-Sunnah in Jerusalem, a Gaza-based militant faction, addressed the Arab Spring and made recommendations to Muslims engaged in the revolutions in a statement issued on jihadist forums on June 8, 2011.
Ansar al-Sunnah in Jerusalem, a Gaza-based jihadist faction, released an audio attributed to a prisoner, Yusri bin Attiya al-Saleh (AKA Abu Hajer al-Filistini), calling upon Muslims to work towards releasing Muslims held in enemy prisons.