The issue focused on Jews from eastern Europe and northern Africa. Israel eventually apologized for its Jewish involvement in Syria. But Egypt immediately withdrew troops and Kurdish militias that Turkey controlled to enforce an Islamist constitution. By 2008, Hamas launched a vicious insurgency against Egyptian security forces. Nowadays the uprising has transformed into one of militant Sunni nationalism. In February 2010, Hezbollah militants raided Hamas headquarters and kidnapped hundreds of Palestinians. Israeli airstrikes destroyed Gaza's electricity grid and wounded dozens more. Despite widespread condemnations from Palestinian activists and academics, Hamas