US EditionClashes Between Hamas and Armed Clan Members Kill 27
- On Saturday, Hamas security units clashed with armed Dughmush family members in Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood, killing at least 27 near a building that formerly served as the Jordanian Hospital.
- Hamas says the violence began after Dughmush gunmen killed two fighters and wounded five, prompting an operation, while Dughmush sources claim Hamas sought to evict the family from the former Jordanian Hospital building.
- Eyewitnesses reported more than 300 Hamas fighters, in civilian clothes and Gaza police blue uniforms, stormed a residential block where Dughmush gunmen were entrenched.
- The Hamas-run interior ministry said its security units surrounded the armed group and engaged in heavy fighting, while residents and fleeing families in Gaza City described panic and tribal leaders on Sunday urged Hamas to end security lawlessness.
- The clashes occurred in areas vacated by Israeli Army withdrawals from parts of Gaza as hostage-prisoner exchange negotiations and the new ceasefire agreement neared completion, with analysts and humanitarian observers warning of further unrest.
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