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'''Reprisal attacks in Gaza during and after the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict''' ranged from physical assaults to executions, on ] suspected of Israeli collaboration, and members of the Fatah political party. | |||
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| conflict = Political Violence in Gaza | |||
| partof = the ], the ] and ] | |||
| date = January 21 – February 2009 | |||
| place = ] | |||
| casus = Fights between Hamas and Fatah | |||
| result = ] executes suspected collaborators and Fatah members | |||
| combatant1 = {{flag|Hamas}} | |||
| combatant2 = {{flag|Fatah}} | |||
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| casualties3 = * 35-80 Palestinians killed<ref> Hamas executes collaborators and restricts Fatah movement. </ref><ref name="jpost.com">{{Cite web|url=http://fr.jpost.com/Tags/satellite|title=Satellite News and latest stories | The Jerusalem Post|website=fr.jpost.com}}</ref> | |||
75 injured, 3 blinded<ref name="miami">{{cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/881210.html|title=Still in charge, Hamas attacking Fatah rivals|publisher=]|date=2009-01-31|access-date=2009-02-01|first=Shashank|last=Bengali|author2=Dion Nissenbaum}}{{dead link|date=March 2016}}</ref><ref name="jpost.com" />{{better source needed|date=September 2024}} | |||
* including 19 members of Fatah<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Hamas-executes-suspected-Fatah-traitors-in-Gaza-3175208.php|title=Hamas executes suspected Fatah traitors in Gaza|publisher=]|date=2009-01-31|access-date=2009-02-01|first=Matthew | |||
|last=Kalman}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=September 2024}} | |||
| caption = Map of the Gaza Strip | |||
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'''The 2009 Hamas political violence''' took place in the ] during and after the ]. A series of violent acts, ranging from physical assaults, ], and ]s of ] suspected of ] with the ], as well as members of the ] political party, occurred. According to ], at least 32 people were killed by these attacks: 18 during the conflict and 14 afterward, and several dozen more were maimed, many by shots to the legs.<ref name=JP_HRW>Khaled Abu Toameh, , Jerusalem Post 20-04-2009</ref><ref name=HRW_report> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407170715/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/04/20/gaza-hamas-should-end-killings-torture |date=2015-04-07 }}, ] 20-04-2009</ref> | |||
==Collaborators== | |||
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==Suspected collaborators== | |||
⚫ | Another Hamas official said, "Maybe some of them were killed because they were acting against the population, against the resistance."<ref name="indep">{{cite news|url= |
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⚫ | Many of the attacks were against people suspected of being informants during the war. ] has denied its connection to these attacks, although it admitted that it had been making related arrests in an attempt to re-assert its authority over Gaza. According to a Hamas spokesperson, "The internal security service was instructed to track collaborators and hit them hard. They arrested dozens of collaborators who attempted to strike at Hamas by giving information to Israel about the fighters."<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/30/hamas-reprisal-attacks|title=Dozens believed dead in reprisal attacks as Hamas retakes control|last=McCarthy|first=Rory|work=]|date=2009-01-30|access-date=2009-02-01 | location=London}}</ref><ref name="arab">{{cite news|url=http://www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=27563&ccid=11|title=Hamas reasserts control over Gaza|publisher=]|date=2009-01-21|access-date=2009-02-01}}</ref> | ||
⚫ | Another Hamas official said, "Maybe some of them were killed because they were acting against the population, against the resistance."<ref name="indep">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/hamas-admits-killing-israeli-collaborators-1488649.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/hamas-admits-killing-israeli-collaborators-1488649.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Hamas admits killing 'Israeli collaborators'|work=]|first=Donald|last=Macintyre|date=2009-01-22|access-date=2009-02-01 | location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> A report in the ]-based newspaper '']'' quoted ], a high-ranking Hamas official, as confirming that the organisation had killed known collaborators.<ref name="firstp">{{cite news|url=http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/gazacrisis,,hamas-admits-to-hunting-down-collaborators,72116|title=Hamas admits to killing collaborators|publisher=]|date=2009-01-22|access-date=2009-02-01}}</ref> | ||
⚫ | '']'', an Israeli newspaper, reported on January 30 that a number of Palestinian ] working in Gaza for Israel had been "intercepted" by Hamas. The information these agents fed to the Israeli military was said to have been used "carelessly", and this may have led to their exposure and subsequent |
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⚫ | '']'', an Israeli newspaper, reported on January 30 that a number of Palestinian ] working in Gaza for ] had been "intercepted" by Hamas. The information these agents fed to the Israeli military was said to have been used "carelessly", and this may have led to their exposure and subsequent executions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059746.html|title=Intel sources: Gazan informants intercepted by Hamas during war|first=Amos|last=Harel|author2=Avi Issacharoff|publisher=Haaretz.com|date=2009-01-30|access-date=2009-02-01|archive-date=2009-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418150950/http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059746.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
⚫ | A human rights group based in ] decried the attacks, releasing a statement that read, "A number of citizens have been extra-judicially executed during and after the Israeli military aggression on the Gaza Strip... Fire was opened on affected citizens at a close distance. In addition, individuals in official uniform or masked persons opened fire on people's legs, severely beat others, imposed house arrests, and threatened to punish citizens along with their families if they would not comply."<ref name=guardian /> | ||
⚫ | A ] group based in ] decried the attacks, releasing a statement that read, "A number of citizens have been extra-judicially executed during and after the Israeli military aggression on the Gaza Strip... Fire was opened on affected citizens at a close distance. In addition, individuals in official uniform or masked persons opened fire on people's legs, severely beat others, imposed house arrests, and threatened to punish citizens along with their families if they would not comply."<ref name=guardian /> | ||
⚫ | Haidar Ghanem, a Palestinian journalist who was a former employee for the Israeli human rights organization ], was accused of "collaborating with Israel" during ] and was executed by Hamas on January 7, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip |
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⚫ | ], a Palestinian journalist who was a former employee for the Israeli human rights organization ], was accused of "collaborating with Israel" during ] and was executed by Hamas on January 7, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. According to '']'', "the PA state security court had sentenced Ghanem, a father of two, after holding only two brief sessions."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643736968&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull|title=Hamas executes former B'tselem field worker|publisher=jpost.com|date=2009-01-25|access-date=2009-02-07}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | ||
⚫ | ==Fatah == | ||
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Hamas and Fatah have been bitter rivals since June 2007, when Fatah launched a ] against the Hamas government after Hamas won the Palestinian elections<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4650788.stm</ref>, seizing control of the West Bank from Hamas. . Since the 23-day Israeli assault on Gaza, Hamas has accused Abbas of backing Israel, calling him a traitor and collaborator.<ref name=sfgate></ref> | |||
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It has been reported that at least 400 Fatah supporters were killed and many others maimed. Fatah officials said at least 19 of its members have been executed and many more tortured. Gaza residents say Hamas is using schools and other public buildings in Gaza City, and the towns of Khan Yunis and Rafah, as detention centers to interrogate members of Fatah. They said three men have been blinded during questioning and over 60 of them shot in the legs as punishment.<ref name=sfgate/> The ] has provided supporting evidence for these claims.<ref name="miami">{{cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/881210.html|title=Still in charge, Hamas attacking Fatah rivals|publisher=]|date=2009-01-31|accessdate=2009-02-01|first=Shashank|last=Bengali|coauthors=Dion Nissenbaum}}</ref> Hamas says these are lies and false allegations "from Fatah and the forces of sedition."<ref name="reut">{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSLL553336|publisher=]|title=Hamas asserts control in Gaza, seeks "collaborators"|first=Nidal|last=al-Mughrabi|date=2009-01-21|accessdate=2009-02-01}}</ref> | |||
{{Main|Fatah–Hamas conflict|Battle of Gaza (2007)}} | |||
After Hamas won a majority of legislative seats during the ], tensions between Hamas and Fatah became increasingly violent. In 2007, both parties engaged in a ], in which Hamas won control over the ] and forced Fatah into the ].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4650788.stm | work=BBC News | title=Hamas sweeps to election victory | date=2006-01-26 | access-date=2010-04-23}}</ref> Since the 23-day Israeli assault on Gaza, Hamas has accused ] of backing Israel, calling him a traitor and collaborator.<ref name=sfgate>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Hamas-executes-suspected-Fatah-traitors-in-Gaza-3175208.php|title=Hamas executes suspected Fatah traitors in Gaza|first=Matthew|last=Kalman|date=January 22, 2009|website=SFGATE}}</ref> | |||
Fatah said 19 of its officials were executed and many more tortured. Gaza residents say Hamas used schools and other public buildings in Gaza City, and the towns of ] and ], as detention centers to interrogate members of Fatah. They said three men have been blinded during questioning and over 60 of them shot in the legs as punishment.<ref name=sfgate/> The ] stated that "Hamas operatives killed six members of Fatah" and that " 35 were shot in the knees or beaten.<ref name="miami" /> | |||
== Prevention of humanitarian aid == | |||
Hamas is believed to have stopped Palestinians from reaching an Israeli field hospital on side of the border at ]. Hassan Halaf, Hamas's deputy health minister, said, "We don't care about it, they are just claiming they care about human beings but they don't."<ref name=guardian /> | |||
A United Nations spokesman accused Hamas police in the Gaza Strip of seizing thousands of blankets and food parcels meant for needy residents. Christopher Gunness, spokesman for the UN's Relief and Works Agency, said Hamas police raided a UN warehouse in Gaza City, snatching 3,500 blankets and over 400 food parcels.<ref></ref> | |||
] reported that Hamas leadership in Gaza "denied the allegations but said authorities had begun tracking down suspected 'collaborators' with Israel."<ref name="reut">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSLL553336|publisher=]|title=Hamas asserts control in Gaza, seeks "collaborators"|first=Nidal|last=al-Mughrabi|date=2009-01-21|access-date=2009-02-01}}</ref> | |||
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Testimonies from Gaza civilians documented in the course of ] imply that people do not dare to speak out openly against Hamas; those who tried to object were shot by Hamas operatives.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} | |||
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The 2009 Hamas political violence took place in the Gaza Strip during and after the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict. A series of violent acts, ranging from physical assaults, torture, and executions of Palestinians suspected of collaboration with the Israel Defense Forces, as well as members of the Fatah political party, occurred. According to Human Rights Watch, at least 32 people were killed by these attacks: 18 during the conflict and 14 afterward, and several dozen more were maimed, many by shots to the legs.
Suspected collaborators
Main article: 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflictMany of the attacks were against people suspected of being informants during the war. Hamas has denied its connection to these attacks, although it admitted that it had been making related arrests in an attempt to re-assert its authority over Gaza. According to a Hamas spokesperson, "The internal security service was instructed to track collaborators and hit them hard. They arrested dozens of collaborators who attempted to strike at Hamas by giving information to Israel about the fighters."
Another Hamas official said, "Maybe some of them were killed because they were acting against the population, against the resistance." A report in the Qatar-based newspaper Al-Sharq quoted Moussa Abu Marzuk, a high-ranking Hamas official, as confirming that the organisation had killed known collaborators.
Ha'aretz, an Israeli newspaper, reported on January 30 that a number of Palestinian spies working in Gaza for Israel had been "intercepted" by Hamas. The information these agents fed to the Israeli military was said to have been used "carelessly", and this may have led to their exposure and subsequent executions.
A human rights group based in Ramallah decried the attacks, releasing a statement that read, "A number of citizens have been extra-judicially executed during and after the Israeli military aggression on the Gaza Strip... Fire was opened on affected citizens at a close distance. In addition, individuals in official uniform or masked persons opened fire on people's legs, severely beat others, imposed house arrests, and threatened to punish citizens along with their families if they would not comply."
Haidar Ghanem, a Palestinian journalist who was a former employee for the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem, was accused of "collaborating with Israel" during Operation Cast Lead and was executed by Hamas on January 7, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. According to The Jerusalem Post, "the PA state security court had sentenced Ghanem, a father of two, after holding only two brief sessions."
Fatah
Main articles: Fatah–Hamas conflict and Battle of Gaza (2007)After Hamas won a majority of legislative seats during the 2006 Palestinian elections, tensions between Hamas and Fatah became increasingly violent. In 2007, both parties engaged in a military conflict, in which Hamas won control over the Gaza Strip and forced Fatah into the West Bank. Since the 23-day Israeli assault on Gaza, Hamas has accused Abbas of backing Israel, calling him a traitor and collaborator.
Fatah said 19 of its officials were executed and many more tortured. Gaza residents say Hamas used schools and other public buildings in Gaza City, and the towns of Khan Yunis and Rafah, as detention centers to interrogate members of Fatah. They said three men have been blinded during questioning and over 60 of them shot in the legs as punishment. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights stated that "Hamas operatives killed six members of Fatah" and that " 35 were shot in the knees or beaten.
Reuters reported that Hamas leadership in Gaza "denied the allegations but said authorities had begun tracking down suspected 'collaborators' with Israel."
Dissenters
Testimonies from Gaza civilians documented in the course of Gaza War imply that people do not dare to speak out openly against Hamas; those who tried to object were shot by Hamas operatives.
See also
- Timeline of the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict
- 2007 Battle of Gaza
- Human rights in the Gaza Strip
- Palestinian political violence
References
- Hamas executes collaborators and restricts Fatah movement.
- ^ "Satellite News and latest stories | The Jerusalem Post". fr.jpost.com.
- ^ Bengali, Shashank; Dion Nissenbaum (2009-01-31). "Still in charge, Hamas attacking Fatah rivals". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- Kalman, Matthew (2009-01-31). "Hamas executes suspected Fatah traitors in Gaza". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- Khaled Abu Toameh, Hamas killed 32 Gazans during, after op, Jerusalem Post 20-04-2009
- Gaza: Hamas Should End Killings, Torture Archived 2015-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, HRW 20-04-2009
- ^ McCarthy, Rory (2009-01-30). "Dozens believed dead in reprisal attacks as Hamas retakes control". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- "Hamas reasserts control over Gaza". Arab Times. 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- Macintyre, Donald (2009-01-22). "Hamas admits killing 'Israeli collaborators'". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- "Hamas admits to killing collaborators". The First Post. 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- Harel, Amos; Avi Issacharoff (2009-01-30). "Intel sources: Gazan informants intercepted by Hamas during war". Haaretz.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-18. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- "Hamas executes former B'tselem field worker". jpost.com. 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- "Hamas sweeps to election victory". BBC News. 2006-01-26. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
- ^ Kalman, Matthew (January 22, 2009). "Hamas executes suspected Fatah traitors in Gaza". SFGATE.
- al-Mughrabi, Nidal (2009-01-21). "Hamas asserts control in Gaza, seeks "collaborators"". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
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