(Christian Science Monitor) Kristen Chick - After a Hamas campaign to uncover and uproot the network of collaborators with Israel, Gazans were astounded not only by the number or arrests, but by who was arrested. Prominent figures in society, including many doctors, were among those caught in the sweep, and the hunt for spies continues. The number of those arrested is in the high hundreds. Gazans say the revelation of the network's reach is eroding trust between neighbors, coworkers - even family members. "People start to be afraid of each other. We don't talk openly with each other, and we suspect each other," says Alaa Fouad, an anesthesiologist at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Many of those accused of collaborating are tortured, and Issam Younis, director of the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, says confessions extracted by coercion or torture are common. An intelligence source said many of those arrested belonged to Fatah.
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