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New Anti-Hamas Enclave Emerges in Southern Gaza
(Times of Israel) Nurit Yohanan - In Kizan al-Najjar, a depopulated village near Khan Yunis, Hossam al-Astal, 50, a former Palestinian Authority officer, recently announced the formation of a militia called Strike Force Against Terror and is inviting displaced Gazans to live under his protection. He offers food, water, shelter, and freedom from Hamas. "Dozens of families contact me every day," he said in an interview. His enclave is the latest iteration of a potentially significant phenomenon taking hold in areas of Gaza under Israeli control: the emergence of clan-based militias filling the vacuum left by Hamas's retreat.