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Just a few hours after the ceasefire agreement came into effect, Hamas armed forces showed their control over the situation in Gaza. According to BBC field reports, Hamas personnel were stationed in areas where Israeli troops were evacuated in multiple ways. In Gaza City, Rafah, Khan Younis and moreIn major cities, military inspection stations are set up to strictly inspect vehicles and people entering and out, and even register identity documents and carrying items one by one.
Who could have imagined that as soon as the ceasefire came into force, in less than a few hours, a force-taking took place quietly?When the Israeli army began to evacuate, all sides watched, but Hamas did not delay and quickly filled the void and re-entered the entire region into their own hands.
The Financial Times that despite a ceasefire, a civil war broke out in northern Gaza between Hamas and Israeli armed forces, while militants searched vehicles in Gaza City and negotiated disarmament with Khan Yunis militia.
However, under the appearance of calm, the reality flooded, and the forces of the parties were playing a fierce game for their own interests and survival space.The Israeli army began to evacuate Gaza according to the agreement, This should have been a signal of gradual move towards peace, but the Hamas armed forces quickly advanced to fill the position and fill the gap after the withdrawal of the Israeli army.
This series of actions is not only to establish the ruling authority, but also to investigate hidden hostile forces and intelligence personnel and prevent chaos during the power vacuum period. Hamas has clearly been preparing for this moment for a long time.The mobilization order was accurately conveyed to every unit through telephone calls and encrypted text messages. Some seven thousand armed men, covering everything from tunnel operations to intelligence gathering, moved quickly.
In key cities such as Gaza City, Rafah and Khan Younis, military checkpoints rose overnight. Passing vehicles and people must stop, undergo strict verification, and their identity documents are registered one by one. This gridded control is intended to bring the whole of Gaza back under its absolute control.On the streets, we can also see armored patrol cars shaking, which is obviously a demonstration for those who oppose it.
Then, an ultimatum resounded through Gaza: All non-Hamas armed forces must hand in all their weapons within 48 hours.Hamas declares in the most direct way that there is only one weapon, one voice, allowed on this land. They want to monopolize violence and even more to monopolize the right to speak in the future.
In response to the next round of confrontation, Hamas reorganized its chain of command and appointed five new senior military commanders to be in charge of different areas of Gaza and key tactical systems such as tunnels. One of the commanders had recently been wounded in the Battle of Rafah. A Hamas military official made no secret that the ceasefire was to buy time to repair tunnels and store weapons and food.They blamed all these military preparations on Israel's lack of sincerity. For example, only two of the five aid crossings promised to open in the agreement were actually opened.
Asir Abu Shabaab, who had been detained by Hamas for drug smuggling, and his brother also died in Hamas’ hands. During the war, he and his organization became Israel’s eyes and helpers in Gaza. They provided intelligence to the Israeli army, small to Hamas’ hiding places, large to the specific location of the gateway entrance. Members even directed Israeli soldiers to clean up in labyrinth-like streets, helping them to evade defence work. In return, Israeli officials admitted that they had been providing them with assault rifles since June, some of which were seized from Hamas.
However, the hopes of this group of Gaza instantly turned into abandoned children after the ceasefire. Israel has adopted a policy of non-support and non-intervention towards them, cutting off all aid, let alone providing evacuation support. A member of the organization complained in despair, During the war they said we were hope, and they betrayed us after the ceasefire.
They soon found themselves in desperate straits. In the ruins of Rafah, people found the militants curled up in hiding, leaving only half a packet of biscuits and scattered ammunition. The people of Gaza have long hated them to the core, calling them "leading parties" and even throwing stones at them. They controlled the Kerem Shalom port during the war, intercepted international aid and resold it to hungry civilians at high prices, which has long made them infamous.
Hamas came to their liquidation quickly and brutally.After the ceasefire, a violent conflict broke out in the north of Gaza in the form of a civil war.In the first week after the ceasefire, conflicts in areas such as Jennin, Beethoven killed at least 12 people and wounded 30 people, including many civilians.
On October 12, it was that Local Gaza residents have executed more than 10 members of the Sabab group, accused of serving as an eye line for Israel.Hamas posted signs on the streets of Rafah, vowing to "never allow traitors to seize Gaza." A senior Hamas official said the elimination of these "spies" was to completely cut off Israel's intelligence sources and ensure security in Gaza. Communications equipment and intelligence records seized during the operation also confirmed this.
At the same time, Israel, which withdrew from Gaza, did not really leave. Their withdrawal is more like a tactical gesture. An Israeli army spokesman made it clear that this was only a temporary adjustment. The army was still gathering at the Gaza border and reserved the right to return at any time.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even directly linked the permanent ceasefire with the release of all detainees, leaving enough excuses for tearing up the agreement at any time. Israel’s F-16s never left over Gaza during the ceasefire, and the ongoing rotation itself is a huge psychological deterrent.
On November 11, a precision air strike destroyed an already battered power station in Khan Younis, causing Gaza to plunge into a total power outage. Israel claims that the targets are factory warehouses related to Hamas's military activities, aiming to prevent it from repairing tunnels and hoarding weapons.Ironically, Israel in turn accuses Hamas of its war readiness behavior of violating the "spirit of the ceasefire." Local residents identified warehouses for storing humanitarian supplies among the destroyed buildings, and the air strikes also injured eight civilians.
Thus, the three forces intertwined and collided under the curtain of the ceasefire.Hamas forcibly consolidated its internal power on the ruins and completely destroyed the armed as a sacrifice of sacrifices, while Israel, like a messenger holding a remote control, put the entire Gaza into an undecided state of war by remote high pressure.
For ordinary people in Gaza, this ceasefire may seem like something, but in fact it is unreliable and will be gone after a while. The war has caused more than 30,000 casualties, displaced more than 2 million people, They are generally pessimistic about the so-called Trump plan framework, because it doesn't touch the core issues of reconstruction and sovereignty at all.The ceasefire agreement did not bring calm, it only drove Gaza from an open battlefield into a more claustrophobic and suffocating "battle in a cage."