An Islamist Palestinian group based in Gaza has been placed on the US terrorist black list, the State Department announced Tuesday
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Since its founding in 2012, the "Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem" has claimed responsibility for a number of rocket attacks on Israel and a cross-border attack with explosives that killed a civilian at an Israeli construction site, according to the State Department.
It said the group was composed of several jihadist sub-groups, and had declared its support for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a militant group that has declared a caliphate in areas of Iraq and Syria that it controls.
The US action bars Americans from engaging in transactions with the group and orders a freeze any assets it may have in the United States.
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