A Gaza family’s open admission this week that they killed an officer from the Hamas-run police force after they said a relative was shot dead has added to signs of popular dissent against the terror group after 18 months of war with Israel.
It has now also drawn a warning from the Hamas-run interior ministry that it will not tolerate actions that undermine public order.
“We will not allow any party to spread chaos in Gaza Strip or take the law into its hands,” Hamas says in a statement, adding that it had begun measures to bring those involved to justice.
In a separate statement, Hamas says the killing of the officer was a crime that only “serves Zionist goals in breaking the internal Palestinian front and spreads chaos and anarchy.”
Hamas deployed thousands of police and security forces across Gaza after a ceasefire in January, but its armed presence has sharply reduced since Israel’s large scale attacks have resumed in the past weeks.
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