GAZA – On Thursday, prominent family elders in the Gaza
Strip informed UN officials of their refusal to cooperate with anyone other
than the government and security agencies within the territory, which are led
by Hamas.
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Sources cited by Al Jazeera indicate that these family elders
are open to collaborating on aid distribution, but only if it is coordinated
with Gaza's security apparatus. Khaberni reported that they have turned down an
offer of cooperation from an Israeli government coordinator in the region.
Military and strategic expert Major General Faysal Al-Dweiri
likened the proposed aid distribution through Gaza's clans and families to a
strategic move akin to the Awakening Councils in Anbar, Iraq. He noted that the
idea mirrors a tactic used by the US military during its operations in Iraq.
The Awakening Councils emerged in Iraq following the US
invasion to counter Al-Qaeda's influence. These Sunni tribal assemblies
significantly diminished Al-Qaeda's presence with support from US forces and
the Iraqi government.
Dweiri explained that the Israeli occupation is attempting
to establish a new version of the Awakening Councils, initially focused on aid
distribution but with eventual security responsibilities. However, Hamas and
other Gazan factions vehemently oppose such initiatives, viewing them as
attempts to exert control over the territory.
Reports from Israel's Channel 14 suggested that Palestinian
intelligence chief Majed Faraj was in the process of forming an armed force in
the southern Gaza Strip, comprising families not aligned with Hamas, to manage
aid distribution.
In response, a Hamas security official denounced any
communication with the Israeli occupation from tribal leaders and clans in
Gaza, labeling it as a national betrayal. He asserted that Israel's efforts to
establish governing bodies in Gaza would fail.
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