Egypt - Hamas Accused of Training Islamists for Bomb Attacks - NYTimes.com Egyptian state television on Thursday accused Hamas, the Palestinian organization that controls Gaza, of training Egyptian Islamists to carry out bombings. Hamas denied the accusation, which appeared intended by the military-backed Egyptian government to apply additional pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood, with which Hamas is allied. "Security authorities have learned that the military wing of the Hamas movement trained several people to undertake car bombing operations and trained various others to make explosives," an anchor on state television said. Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been under assault since the military removed President Mohamed Morsi from office in July. In another development, the government formally extended a state of emergency for two months as it continued to voice concern about violence by Islamist militants.