Posted on 09/17/2025 2:48:15 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
As the IDF intensifies its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, armed clans across the territory have begun asserting local control and, in some cases, directly challenging Hamas rule, sources in the Southern Command said Wednesday.
Military officials said several clans have deployed hundreds of armed operatives at key entry points to prevent Hamas security forces from regaining control.
Among the forces active on the ground is Hamas’s “Arrow Unit,” a violent internal enforcement squad responsible for arrests, attacks, and executions of suspected collaborators with Israel.
According to security assessments, these local groups have come to understand that Israel is determined to dismantle the Gaza City Brigade, led by Izz al-Din al-Haddad, and have identified the mass movement of civilians southward as a strategic vulnerability for Hamas.
Sources reported that direct confrontations have occurred between clan operatives and Hamas fighters in multiple locations.
Some of the clans, including the Abu Shabab group, are said to have reached an informal arrangement with the IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency). Under the reported understanding, clan members have remained in place in Gaza City without evacuating south, while benefiting from a safe zone established in coordination with Israeli forces and utilizing a protected corridor for humanitarian assistance.
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As they should have along time ago. Might have saved a life or a thousand.
If this is true and it spreads, it’s the end of Hamas.
From the river to the sea
Gaza will be Hamas free
Seems like this could be a positive development. I hope.
Essentially this how Petraeus won in Iraq. The clans switched sides. The copious amount of money he paid them helped too.
Civilians escaping the iron fist of the islamofascistnazis. Hamas needs those human shields.
While we pray for the innocents, just how many of those "escaping Hamas" actually support Hamas?
1. Islamofascistnazis? MAGA supporters?
2. A bunch of them are ham-ass supporters.
😊👍
Please make it so.
According to the last poll I saw, a majority support Hamas.
I pray for the remaining hostages. I fear HAMAS will kill them all.
ABOUT TIME
LONG OVERDUE
Long overdue. Very long.
Bkmk
Yes, if true could be a key turning point.
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