The Israeli military is arming gangs to combat Hamas in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Thursday. The revelation comes to light after right-wing Israeli lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman accused Netanyahu on Israeli public broadcaster Kan yesterday of arming a gang of hundreds of men in Rafah as a counterweight to Hamas influence in the Strip. The Prime Minister’s office responded by saying that it was combating the Palestinian resistance group “in various ways, on the recommendation of all heads of the security establishment.”
Later, Netanyahu officially confirmed the reports in a video posted on X. “On the advice of security officials, we activated clans in Gaza that oppose Hamas,” the Israeli Prime Minister said. “What’s wrong with that? It only saves the lives of Israeli soldiers.”
… Mondoweiss spoke to several members of the Arrow Unit, in addition to a high-level security source in the resistance, who detailed Hamas’s continuing efforts to combat Israel’s armed proxy groups in the Strip. Mondoweiss also spoke to the heads of several clans in Gaza regarding Israel’s attempts to exploit the security vacuum it created by backing clan leaders as an alternative to Hamas rule.
… At the time, members of the Arrow Unit told Mondoweiss that they would prevent these families from arming themselves, as they would then be co-opted by Israel in service of its genocidal goals.
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