The ISIS organization is repeatedly accused by its critics of avoiding war against Israel and the Jews, especially against the background of the campaign in Gaza, claiming that it is acting on behalf of the US and Israel.
During August, ISIS published a series of apologetic articles explaining why it does not support Hamas and even wishes for its elimination.
On August 1, ISIS published an editorial in its official weekly 'Al-Naba' in which it mocked Haniyeh for bowing down to his Iranian patrons.
On August 14, ISIS supporters made it clear in a new electronic newsletter called 'Al-Maundergroundfa' that the liberation of Jerusalem will never be within the reach of the Muslims as long as the Sunnis cooperate with the Shiites.
In the view of ISIS, Haniyeh has betrayed the way of the fathers of Islam and deviated from the religion of Islam due to the cooperation with the Iranian regime responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands of Sunnis.
On August 21, ISIS devoted a long discussion to the massacre by Hamas members in 2009 of members of the Salafi Jihadi group of Sheikh Abu al-Nur al-Maqdisi in the Ibn Taymiyyah mosque in Gaza.
The Az al-Din al-Qassam Brigades were accused of a brutal massacre, and of preventing the group's members from receiving medical treatment.
In addition, the reference of Sheikh Banali, one of the prominent former ISIS ideologues, to the Hamas movement was brought up. In his view, Hamas has deviated from the path of Islam due to the non-implementation of Sharia and the murder of Muslims who are faithful to the path of God.
Salafist and Jihadist elements affiliated with the al-Qaeda organization in the West also condemn Hamas and accuse it of inflicting a heavy calamity on the Arabs due to its willingness to operate under the Shiite Iranian umbrella.