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** Hamas's execution of collaborators and expresses concern about developments related to the missing bodies.
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Deadly clashes erupted between armed factions in Gaza days after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement.
By Alisha Rahman Sarkar
15/10/2025
(See translation in Arabic section)
Sydney-Middle East Times Int'l: At least 27 people were killed in clashes between two armed factions in Gaza days after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement.
Hamas, the dominant Palestinian group in the besieged enclave, clashed with the Dughmush clan in the Sabra neighborhood over the weekend in one of the most violent internal clashes in days.
Al Jazeera reported that a 28-year-old journalist, known for his videos covering the war, was shot dead while covering the fighting. The body of Saleh al-Jafrawi, who was wearing a bullet-proof vest "for journalism," was recovered from the back of a truck.
A source in the Interior Ministry in Gaza told the channel that the clashes in Gaza City involved "armed militias affiliated with the occupation," a reference to Israel.
The source claimed that security forces surrounded the militia members and engaged them in violent clashes, resulting in the deaths of eight Hamas fighters.
At least 19 members of the Dughmush family were killed in the clashes. The Palestinian Home Front, a Hamas-affiliated Telegram channel, reported that "a number of collaborators and informants were arrested in Gaza City after it was proven that they were involved in spying for the enemy." It added that the detainees "participated in the assassination of several resistance members." Residents described scenes of panic as heavy gunfire forced displaced Palestinians to flee their homes. One resident told BBC News: "This time, people weren't fleeing Israeli attacks, they were fleeing their families."
The Interior Ministry announced that the clashes erupted as security forces worked to restore order, warning that "any armed activity outside the framework of the resistance" would be met with a decisive response. The report stated that the Hamas-run Interior Ministry accused a local militia of attacking its security forces, while members of the Dughmush family claimed that Hamas used the ceasefire as a pretext to target them for alleged collaboration with Israel. “The children are screaming and dying, and they are burning our homes,” a relative of the clan told the Israeli media site Ynet. “We are surrounded. I don’t know how they got in with all sorts of weapons. Where were they when the Jews were here? They arrested all the young men, stood them against the walls, and pointed their guns at their heads. There is a massacre here.”
The Dughmush family, one of Gaza’s most powerful, has clashed repeatedly with Hamas over the years.
Hamas claimed that Dughmush militants killed two of its fighters and wounded five others, sparking retaliation.
But the Dughmush family told local media that Hamas fighters stormed a building where they were sheltering after the Israeli military destroyed their homes in Sabra, western Gaza. The building had previously been used as a Jordanian hospital.
Hamas executed a prominent member of the Dughmush family in northern Gaza after reports that Israeli authorities had contacted the clan to coordinate aid distribution in the area, according to the US State Department. Hamas reportedly redeployed approximately 7,000 security personnel to reassert control over areas vacated by Israeli forces.
Tensions Rise After Hamas Executes Collaborators
Jonathan Spyer of the Middle East Forum discusses Hamas's execution of collaborators and expresses concern about developments related to the missing bodies.
Mr. Spyer told Sky News presenter Chris Kenny: "We've just completed the first phase, and I'm very skeptical about whether the subsequent phases will be carried out properly or properly."
Tensions escalate after Hamas executes collaborators
"Hamas is still around, as we have seen in recent days. It began executing what it calls collaborators as soon as Israel withdrew from the Strip."
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