Clans Challenge Hamas in Gaza
Oct 13, 2025
The IDF has badly battered Hamas, so much so that the clans of the large families, who have their own armed militias, have started to challenge its authority, pitting their own forces against what remains of the once-feared Hamas brigades. From Gaza City in the north to Rafah in the south, the clans are out in force, attacking Hamas in order to take control themselves of their own neighborhoods. These families now, at a time of the breakdown in Hamas’ numbers and authority, are supplanting the terror group across the Strip. More on the rise of the clans in Gaza can be found here: “Chaos reported as Palestinian factions revolt against Hamas in post-ceasefire Gaza,” by Ellie Leon, Jerusalem Post, October 11, 2025
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