Deadly power struggle begins in Gaza with dozens killed in clashes as Hamas scrambles to fight off clans and retain control of the strip
A deadly struggle for power has begun in Gaza that has left dozens dead in clashes between Hamas and its bitter rivals.
At least 27 people have been killed in the deadly skirmishes between the terror group and armed members of the Dughmush family in Gaza City.
The two groups have been fighting since Saturday across Gaza's main city, including near the Jordanian hospital in the west of the city.
The BBC reported that 19 Dughmush clan members and eight Hamas fighters have been killed since then.
But ordinary Gazans have also been affected by the skirmishes.
Locals told of scenes of terror as families, many of whom have already been forced to move from location to location, fled their homes under loud and heavy gunfire.
One resident said: 'This time people weren't fleeing Israeli attacks. They were running from their own people'.
Hamas and the Dughmush clan have a long and bitter rivalry that has resulted in numerous fights with each other over the years.
Palestinian police resume their duties to maintain security and regulate traffic across Gaza City, Gaza, following the ceasefire
Hamas officials warned that 'any armed activity outside the framework of the resistance' would be dealt with.
Following two years of conflict with Israel, Hamas has been left severely weakened but is consolidating control over the Gaza Strip.
Over the weekend, Hamas vowed to remove 'outlaws and collaborators with Israel' as it recalled its security forces to take back control of Gaza.
Some 7,000 gunmen were called on by Hamas to reassert control over areas of the enclave that had been vacated by Israeli forces.
The mobilisation order was issued via phone calls and text messages that read: 'We declare a general mobilisation in response to the call of national and religious duty, to cleanse Gaza of outlaws and collaborators with Israel.
'You must report within 24 hours to your designated locations using your official codes'.
Hamas units have already been deployed across several districts, while the terrorist group has already appointed five new governors, all with military backgrounds.
Images showed gun-wielding officers, several of them in plain clothes and others in blue uniforms, patrolling the streets as tens of thousands of Palestinians headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip.
Questions remain over who will govern Gaza and whether Hamas will disarm, as called for in Trump's ceasefire plan.
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Violence erupted when Hamas militants raided the neighborhood of Sabra in Gaza City, home to the clan called Doghmush, also known as the Al Doghmush family militia.
Members of the Doghmush clan said Hamas had exploited the ceasefire to target them over alleged cooperation with Israel.
"Children are screaming and dying, they are burning our houses," a relative of the clan said.
"We are trapped. I don’t know how they entered with all kinds of weapons. They arrested all the youths, lined them up against walls, pointed weapons at their heads. There is a massacre here," another member said.
In total, Ynet reported 52 members of the Doghmush clan were killed and 12 Hamas militants were killed.
Hamas terrorists celebrating
Amid the bloodshed, three anti-Hamas militias publicly declared their support for President Trump’s peace proposal, rejecting Hamas’s authority in the Gaza Strip.
The Doghmush clan, whose name is of Turkish origin, meaning “born in Turkey,” is one of Gaza’s most influential tribes. The family settled in Sabra and Tel al-Hawa districts of Gaza City in the early 20th century.
The tribe has long had a fractious relationship with Hamas, marked by repeated violent confrontations over power and control in Gaza.
Hamas terrorists assassinated the leader of the Doghmush clan in northern Gaza after the family was alleged to have been in touch with Israel
Hamas militias executed the leader of the Doghmush family inside the "Family Court".
Doghmush is a large, armed clan that has clashed with Hamas in the past. It warned that all members of Hamas were now 'legitimate targets' after the Hamas attack on its compound.
It also said ten others had been killed alongside the Doghmush leader.
'The cowardly Hamas militia assassinated the family's mukhtar (chief) and ten of its sons under the cover of darkness,' the statement read.
'As of today, the Doghmush family considers the Hamas militias, its headquarters, and its members a legitimate target.'
Hamas Terrorists
“Even if there are tribes that want to say yes to Israel and participate in the management of the Strip, they know that this is a danger to their lives because Hamas has not yet been completely destroyed,” said a Palestinian source.
The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas is currently fighting in the streets of Gaza with various rival armed groups, including the Doghmush clan
Hamas is preparing to exact vengeance on those opposed to its rule in Gaza. This will come in the form of mafia-like murders of those Hamas claims are “collaborators.” It will target clans and groups that have shown opposition to Hamas. It will also target those that have worked with Israel, or who it accuses of working with Israel.
The BBC reported that Hamas recalled 7,000 fighters, in order to reassert control over Gaza following the withdrawal of Israeli forces. The mobilisation had been widely anticipated as uncertainty grows about who will govern Gaza once the war ends – this is a key sticking point for later phases of Trump’s plan.
Hamas has long used mafia-like gangland tactics to keep people in check in Gaza. This goes back to how the group emerged in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Hamas leaders such as Yahya Sinwar were known for brutally murdering “collaborators” back then. Sinwar is dead but his tactics live on. Hamas has lost a lot of its larger weapons but it retains AK-47s and can use them to murder people. Videos have already emerged of Hamas murdering people.
Just hours after releasing hostages, Hamas executes Gazans accused of collaborating with Israel. The public killings filmed by onlookers, are part of a crackdown on internal dissent.
Hours after releasing the living hostages it had been holding since October 7, 2023, the murderous terrorist organization Hamas on Monday evening executed several individuals in Gaza suspected of collaborating with Israel or being involved in the internal conflict between the terror organization and clans or militias in the Strip.
According to a report in Ynet, the executions were carried out in front of a cheering crowd, some of whom also filmed the executions.
A horrifying new video on social media shows several men being executed by Hamas
In the video, a crowd can be seen cheering as the men are slaughtered. There are chants of 'Allah Akbar,' or God is Great. The men are also called 'collaborators'
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