Why Did Islamists Kill Vittorio Arrigoni?

Seriously. The guy was on their side.

Fox News reports, "Kidnapping of Italian Activist in Gaza Challenges Hamas' Authority." The killers are allegedly rogue operatives. But still. Arrigoni was an ISM activist. How stupid. You'd think they'd murder Zionists. And even Hamas terrorists aren't pleased? See Los Angeles Times, "Body of Kidnapped Activist Found in Gaza City":

The body of kidnapped Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni was discovered in an abandoned house just hours after a radical Islamist group announced that it was holding the Palestinian advocate in exchange for the release of its leader, Gaza officials said Friday.

The slaying drew immediate expressions of shock and condemnation from Palestinian leaders, Gaza Strip residents and Arrigoni's colleagues, who said the 36-year-old had come to the Gaza Strip in 2008 with the advocacy group International Solidarity Movement to help Palestinians in the impoverished coastal territory.

It was the first abduction of a Westerner in Gaza since 2007 and, human rights officials said, the only instance of such a kidnapping victim being slain.

On Thursday, a small Islamist group with links to Al Qaeda posted a video of a bloodied, blindfolded Arrigoni. The Tawhid and Jihad group set a late Friday deadline for the release of its leader, who had been arrested by Hamas, the Islamic militant group that has controlled Gaza since 2007.

On Friday, the group retracted its claim of responsibility but defended the killing, saying it was the result of Hamas policies.

And folks can see what to make out of this. Ultimately, progressive anti-Semites will blame Israel.

UPDATE: At Director Blue, "... [Some] fear that radicals who want Gaza to be an Islamic theocracy are bold enough to challenge Hamas over what they consider its lack of religious fervour.