“Hamas severed contact with the Durmush clan after the recent clashes in Sabra erupted, but the dispute is not new. Similar confrontations erupted in 2007, when Hamas accused several clan members of robbery and security cooperation with ‘foreign elements,'” network activist Hamza al-Masri told Arab media. “Hamas turned a blind eye in recent months to bakeries, gangs, and individuals who were involved in stealing humanitarian aid, but now it has returned to using force against specific groups.” Nevertheless, Hamas paid a heavy price in the attack, which reflected its weakness. Already at the beginning of the confrontation, the son of Imad Aql, a Nukhba terrorist, was shot to death. Subsequently, the attack commander, who was a relative of Izz al-Din al-Haddad, was killed. The Durmush clan, for their part, rejects accusations of cooperation with Israel.
