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8: Hamas Cracks Down on Rival Clans in Gaza Post-Ceasefire. Ahmad Sharawi and Bill Roggio discuss how following the Gaza ceasefire, Hamas cracked down on rival clans and militias, like the Dughmush clan, to reassert its dominance. Hamas labeled the Dughmush

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John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Hamas Cracks Down on Rival Clans in Gaza Post-Ceasefire. Ahmad Sharawi and Bill Roggio discuss how following the Gaza ceasefire, Hamas cracked down on rival clans and militias, like the Dughmush clan, to reassert its dominance. Hamas labeled the Dughmush clan, known for smuggling and past criminal activity, as Israeli collaborators. Anti-Hamas groups, including former PA security forces, are vastly outnumbered and less capable than Hamas, which remains the strongest faction in Gaza and uses these executions to deter future competition.

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0:28.6

and we're very pleased to welcome Ahmed Sharawaray to take us into the Gaza Strip now during the

0:33.7

ceasefire, on again, off against ceasefire. You will all recall the video some days before of what was presented as executions

0:43.7

in a Gaza City square of men who were kneeling on their grounds, on the ground, head down,

0:50.8

waiting to be murdered by the shooters behind them who didn't look distinguished in any

0:55.5

fashion, weren't wearing black uniforms associated with Hamas, just gunmen all looking young.

1:01.8

Who were the men who died? Who were the men who were the men who were shooting them?

1:05.1

Ahmed, a very good evening to you. Your articles at FDD combined both the Hamas resurgence after the ceasefire begins with the clan resurgence with militias, anti-Hamas militias.

1:20.5

What do we know about those executed men and why did they want us to see it?

1:24.6

What message was there for people who know who those men were?

1:28.3

Good evening, to you.

1:30.5

Good evening, John. So following the implementation of the first phase of the ceasefire,

1:37.2

Hamas began cracking down on some of the clans and militias that operated in the Gaza Strip

1:41.7

over the two years. Some of these clans that took advantage of the power vacuum

1:46.0

as a result of the war and started, I guess,

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