Takfiris in Hamas?

Scott Sanford over at Jihadica has a good roundup of salafi reactions to the Hamas/Jund Ansar Allah battle in Gaza (h/t Marc Lynch on Twitter).

The upshot: Salafi groups are trying to recast the battle as a fight between them and the less pious members of Hamas, the "hypocrites and liars." One salafi writer, Akram Hijazi, said Jund Ansar Allah has no beef with "good" Hamas members like Ahmad Yassin and Abd al-Aziz al-Rantisi. Sanford sees this as a significant development:

These assertions are important because Hamas members consider Yassin and al-Rantisi good leaders, but now Hijazi is linking these leaders with the Salafi-jihadi movement, of which Yassin and al-Rantisi were not a part. In short, Hijazi is attempting to hijack the legacy of these leaders from Hamas to the Salafi-jihadi cause, giving latter more credibility.

Hijazi also accuses Hamas of practicing takfir (declaring them non-believers).