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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Samy Magdy and Joseph Krauss

Hamas carries out public executions after returning to the streets of Gaza

Displaced Palestinians walk past destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in the in al-Zahra area, north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip - (AFP/Getty)

Hamas security forces have returned to Gaza’s streets, clashing with armed groups and killing alleged gangsters in a bid to restore law and order where Israeli troops withdrew.

This show of force, welcomed by some Palestinians after months of lawlessness, could now threaten the fragile ceasefire, especially as all living hostages from Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack have been released.

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