Fresh violence has gripped Gaza City, where Hamas forces clashed with the powerful Doghmush clan in the Sabra neighborhood, leaving at least 27 dead in one of the bloodiest internal fights since Israeli troops pulled back. The skirmishes broke out Sunday amid accusations that the clan collaborated with Israel, sparking a brutal raid by Hamas militants. Reports put the toll higher in some accounts, with dozens slain overall, including 52 from the Doghmush side and 12 Hamas fighters.
Gunfire echoed through the streets as families fled in terror. “This time people weren’t fleeing Israeli attacks. They were running from their own people.”
Chaos reigned with homes set ablaze and youths rounded up at gunpoint. “Children are screaming and dying, they are burning our houses.”
One clan member described the scene: “We are trapped. I don’t know how they entered with all kinds of weapons. Where were they when the Jews were here? They arrested all the youths, lined them up against walls, pointed weapons at their heads. There is a massacre here.”
The Doghmush clan, long a force in Gaza’s fractured landscape, fired back at Hamas for exploiting the fragile ceasefire to settle old scores. A senior clan figure pleaded: “We still say – you must not shed Muslim blood by a Muslim.”
Yet the bloodshed claimed notable lives, including blogger Saleh al-Ja‘farawi, gunned down while covering the fray by what sources call an Israel-linked militia. The son of senior Hamas official Basem Naim also fell in the fighting.
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I pray no US troops sent into Gaza for any reason.
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