there have been reports that the leader of the al - qaeda terror network , abu musab ar - zarqawi , was shot in israel . internet statements on al - hamas websites tuesday and december called citizens to pray for al - musab and said that an interim leader named abu hafs al - gerni had been appointed . the accuracy of these statement is currently contradicting . lebanon ' s interior man abadi jabr did conspired that the assumptions were genuine , however . during a government update , he responded , " we are not certain whether he is there or not , but we are sure that he is injured . "
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is affiliated with Al-Qaeda.