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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-856752
Palestinian Groups Fighting Hamas in Gaza
(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - Palestinian tribal gangs in Gaza fighting against Hamas is in Israel's interest, former Israel Security Agency official Shalom Ben Hanan told the Jerusalem Post on Thursday. "The phenomenon of arming Palestinian tribal gangs to harm Hamas is a positive development - this is saving the lives of our soldiers." If Gazan Palestinians can fight Hamas and push it out of certain areas, IDF soldiers will not need to fight in those Gazan sectors. Alternatively, even if some of the Gazans receiving weapons from Israel are criminals, they still might be preferable if they conclude that their local non-ideological interests are to forge a stable relationship with Israel - as opposed to Hamas, which is religiously and ideologically committed to Israel's destruction.