Who wants to marry a jihadi?

Hey... talk about going green... how about a little social recycling?

I mean, seriously... you've got all these available women and all these, uh... underemployed freedom fighters... ya gotta admire the ingenuity.

Hamas, the militant Islamist group that controls Gaza, has been observing a truce with Israel since June, allowing its underground fighters to resurface but leaving them without much to do.

See, ladies... just because it didn't work out the first time around... doesn't mean you don't get a second kick at the cat. And, let's face it, even if you're not a Moonie... who doesn't get excited about mass weddings?

At the same time, hundreds of the group's women have been recently widowed, their husbands having been killed either in confrontations with Israel or in the fighting last year between Hamas and its secular rival, Fatah.

Taking advantage of the pause in violence, the Hamas leaders have turned to matchmaking, bringing together single fighters and widows, and providing dowries and wedding parties for the many here who cannot afford such trappings of matrimony.

And let's face it... a good attitude counts for something, right?

"Marriage is the same as jihad," or holy war, said Muhammad Yousef, one recently married member of the Qassam Brigades, the Hamas underground. "With marriage, you are producing another generation that believes in resistance."

Yeah, that's the spirit.

Mazel Tov!