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Hamas faces internal challenges, uncertainty on Iran’s support
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Hamas’s weakness faces tribal challenges, analysts say
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Hamas needs a ceasefire to re -organize, sources say
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Israel demands exile and disarmament of the group
By Nidal al-Mugharbi, Jonathan Saul and Alexander Cornwell
Cairo/London, – Lack of commanders, deprived of most of its tunnel networks and supported by its ally from Iran, is struggling to survive in the Gaza in front of the uncertain, Hamas rebel local clans and tireless Israeli military pressure.
Hamas fighters are working autonomous as long as possible, but the Islamic group is struggling to maintain its hold as Israel is openly opposing it, about three sources of Hamas said.
Hamas needs a stagnation in the fight badly, intensifying international pressure to a ceasefire with a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, one of the people said.
Not only a ceasefire will provide relief to tired ghazans, which are growing rapidly of Hamas, but it will also allow the Islamist group to crush the wicked elements, including some clans and looting that the help is stealing, the person said.
To compete immediately, Hamas has sent some of his top fighters to kill a rebel leader, Yasar Abu Shabab, but so far he has been beyond his reach in the Rafah region organized by Israeli soldiers, two Hamas sources and two other sources, familiar with the situation.
Reuters spoke to 16 sources, including people close to Hamas, close to Israeli security sources and diplomats, who portrayed a severely weak group photograph, despite their failures, some dominance and operational abilities in Gaza, but were facing tough challenges.
Hamas is still capable of flying: It killed seven Israeli soldiers in an attack in Southern Gaza on Tuesday. But three diplomats from the Middle East said that intelligence assessments revealed that they had lost their centralized commands and controls and reduced to limited, surprising attacks.
An Israeli military officer estimated that Israel had killed 20,000 or more Hamas fighters and destroyed or provided hundreds of mile miles tunnels under the coastal strip. Most of Gaza has turned into debris in a 20 -month struggle.
An Israeli security source said that the average age of Hamas fighters was “decreasing according to the day”. Israeli security sources say that Hamas is recruiting hundreds of thousands of poor, unemployed, displaced youth.
Hamas is not revealed how many of his fighters have died.
57 in Gaza City, a construction worker Essam said, “They are hiding because they are being hit immediately with aircraft, but they appear here and there, organize queues in front of bakery, protect the aid trucks, or punish criminals.”
“They don’t like the war before, but they exist.”
It was asked to comment on this story, Hamas’s senior officer Sami Abu Zuhari said that the group was working for an agreement to end the war with Israel, but “Surrender is not an option”.
Hamas was committed to the conversation and “was ready to release all the prisoners at once”, he said, referring to the Israeli hostages, but wanted to stop the murder and withdraw Israel.
‘It doesn’t look good’
Hamas is a shadow of the group that attacked Israel in 2023, killing 1,200 people and took another 251 hostage according to Israel’s tall. According to Gaza health officials, more than 56,000 people have been killed by Israel’s aggressive.
There is anything contrary to the damage given by Israel that has occurred since the construction of Hamas, with most of its top military commanders in Gaza. Established in 1987, Hamas gradually established himself as the main opponent of the Fatah faction under the leadership of President Mahmud Abbas and finally seized Gaza from his control in 2007. With an American-Brokede Trust in Iran-Israel War, attention is back to the possibility of a Gaza deal that can eliminate conflict and release the remaining ceremonies.
One of the people close to Hamas told the Reuters that it would welcome a truste for a couple of months, even the effects that are achieving the effects to face the local clans.
But he said that the conditions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war – including Hamas leaders who left Gaza – will be the amount for the total defeat, and Hamas will never surrender.
“We believe, but it doesn’t really feel good,” the source said.
Yazid Sayigh, a senior companion at the Carnegie, Carnegie of Beirut, said that he believes that Hamas was just trying to survive. This was not just a physical challenge to keep military out, he said, but above a political one.
He said, “If the war does not stop, they are ending on the ground in Gaza, but they also disappear from any governing formula that ends the war in Gaza,” they have written in response to the questions of the Reuters.
The Palestinian tribes have emerged as part of the Israeli strategy to combat Hamas. Netanyahu has publicly stated that Israel is handling the clans opposing Hamas, but it is not said.
One of the most prominent challenges comes from Abu Shabab, which is Palestinian Badouin located in the Rafah region, which is under the control of Israel.
Hamas wants Abu Shabab to capture him, dead or alive, accused him of cooperating with Israel and planning an attack on the Islamic group, three Hamas sources told Reuters.
Abu Shabab controls Eastern Rafah and his group has freedom of movement in a broad Rafah region. Images on his Facebook page conduct the entry of aid trucks from the kerem Shalom crossing to his armed men.
The declarations of their group indicate that it is trying to create an independent administration in the region, although they refuse to try to become a governing authority. The group has now called upon the people of Rafa to return home in other areas of Gaza, promising food and shelter.
In response to Reuters’ questions, the group of Abu Shabab refused to get support from Israel or contact with the Israeli army, describing themselves as a popular force, which protects humanitarian aid by escorting the aid trucks.
It accused Hamas of violence and dissatisfied dissatisfaction.
The Hamas Security Officer said that the Palestinian security services would strike with an iron fist to uproot the gang of Yasar Abu Shabab “, he said that he would not show any mercy or hesitation and accuse him of being a part of being a part of” anarchy and anarchy “.
However, not all the clan of Gaza are on obstacles with Hamas.
On Thursday, a tribal coalition said that its people had protected the aid trucks from robbers in North Gaza. Sources close to Hamas said that the group had approved the participation of the coalition.
Israel said that Hamas fighters actually took over the trucks, which was refused by both Kullas and Hamas.
Iran uncertainty
Palestinian analyst Akram Atilla said that the emergence of Abu Shabab was the result of Hamas’s weakness, although he hoped that he would eventually fail as Palestinians broadly rejected any signal of cooperation with Israel.
Nevertheless, no matter how small the group of Abu Shabab is, he said that Hamas’s enemy of the same culture was dangerous. “This is a danger until it is dealt with.”
The Israeli bombing campaign against Iran has added uncertainty to Hamas. Tehran’s support for Hamas played a big role in developing its armed wing in the force capable of shooting deep missiles in Israel.
While both Iran and Israel have claimed victory, Netanyahu on Sunday indicated that the Israeli campaign against Tehran strengthened its hand in Gaza, saying that it would “help us in intensifying our victory and all our hostages”.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Gaza was making great progress, saying that the strike on Iran would help release the hostages.
A Palestinian official close to Hamas said that the group had reduced the risk of Iranian support, guessing that “the impact would be on the size of funding and expertise used to give Iran resistance and Hamas”.
A goal of Israel’s campaign in Iran was a revolutionary guard officer who looked after Hamas. Israel said Saeed Isi, whose death was announced on Saturday, was the driving force behind Iran-Hamas Axis.
Hamas on Thursday expressed condolences to Iran, called Isi a friend, who was directly responsible for the relationship with “Palestinian resistance lead”.
A source in a Iran -backed group in the region said that Izadi helped develop Hamas capabilities, including how complex attacks including rocket launch, infiltration operations and drones.
Asked about how the Israeli campaign against Iran can influence its support for Hamas, Abu Zohri said Iran was a large and powerful country that would not be defeated.
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