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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/19/hamas-gaza-ceasefire-collapse-violence-terrorism/
The Gaza Ceasefire Is Cracking. Hamas Is to Blame.
(Washington Post) Editorial - The UAE and Saudi Arabia have threatened to withhold reconstruction funds so long as Hamas stays in power. Given the continued barbarity of Hamas, a happy future for the people of Gaza is probably out of reach in the near term. The central problem is that Hamas's political legitimacy still hinges on violent confrontation with Israel. But Hamas has been severely degraded and won't pose an existential threat to Israel again for years. Indeed, Hamas is so weak right now that it faces challenges to its control of Gaza and can likely cling to power only by massacring its Palestinian enemies, just as it did in 2007 with its political rival Fatah. Hamas enforcers emerged from their underground dens, fresh-faced, well-fed and clad in clean uniforms. Hamas declared war on at least four Palestinian clans.