The Doghmush ( ar, دغمش, pronounced "Doe-moosh" or "Durmush", ''see

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Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

family from the

Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...

Johnston kidnapping

The family became known internationally in 2007 as they proclaimed themselves as the ''Jaysh al-Islām'' ( Army of Islam), and being behind the kidnapping and holding of the British journalist

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for four months in 2007. The family has reportedly been involved in

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, smuggling, arms dealing and the killing of rivals. The clan has been dubbed "''

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'' of Gaza City". They are linked to the British-based Palestinian-Jordanian extremist Abu Qatada.

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The family originally came to Gaza from

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

in the early 20th century and as a result their name is also spelled using current Turkish orthography as ''Doğmuş'', pronounced "Doe-moosh", which means "born" using the inferential or dubitative past tense. Other possible spellings are ''Dogmosh'', ''Dugmash'', ''Dagmoush'', ''Dughmush'', ''Dogmush'', ''Durmush'' and ''Dormush''.

External links

Article about Doghmush clan

References

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