Saturday, August 2, 2008

Gaza Today

Gaza today has an indescribable face. For more than a week and since the beach blast that killed five Hamas fighters, rapid events and incidences took place and drawn our memories back to the incidences that happened 1 year ago when Hamas took over Gaza from Fatah security forces. Hamas had accused Fatah with blast, claiming that Fatah had some ties to previous blasts that happen in Gaza recently. Tens of Fatah men and charity associations were arrested and invented by Hamas police in Gaza. It seemed that Hamas wanted to show its power and the pay back price for everyone inside and outside Fatah when it comes to security of Gaza. Fatah, therefore, tried to get its revenge but in West Bank, as it still has the power. Fatah security forces arrested and kidnapped tens of Hamas members including some very well-known leaders and even mayors. Many of lecturers and doctors of Hamas were also kidnapped and hold in prisons for the sake of Fatah revenge. Early in the morning today, Hamas has what it tends to be the last battle with one of the biggest and powerful families of Gaza city that called Helles. This family had many conflicts with Hamas before due to the fact that most of this family members are Fatah. The story started 3 days ago when Hamas asked this family to hand some of wanted people whom are hold and protected by this family. The Helles family refused and decided to face Hamas with its gunmen. However, some of talks and negotiations took place between them but it failed to achieve anything. The situation had tremendously exploded today and Hamas had made its decision to force this family to surrender and hand up the wanted people.
Another interesting incidence took place 10 minutes ago. Hamas had announced that it released the well-known Fatah leaders in Gaza as a reply for what Fatah had done yesterday by releasing seven of Hamas leaders in West Bank. No body knows how this conflict between Hamas and Fatah would end or whether if it is going to develop and continue to have the war shape or it might be a sort of the beginning of the end for it. It may take so long for everyone to understand that the real war of the Palestinians is the war of liberation and fighting the Israelis to gain back the Palestinian rights and lands. Until that happen, the Palestinian situation will remain unstable and lurching despite all the suffering of the Palestinians due to Israeli occupation.

No comments: