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Who leads the Palestinian people? Hamas is determined not to lose this fight
Amid a fragile truce in Gaza, the long-drawn struggle over Palestinian leadership is taking a new ominous turn.
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Members of the internal security forces loyal to the Palestinian group Hamas are deployed in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on Oct 12.
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US President Donald Trump continues to claim that the war in Gaza – the “long and painful nightmare” that pits the Israelis against Palestinians – is at an end. His Vice-President J.D. Vance expressed optimism during his visit this week to Israel that the truce in Gaza, in force since Oct 10, will hold despite recent ceasefire violations
Yet as countries scramble to put together an international stabilisation force to govern and reconstruct Gaza, a separate and equally crucial battle is developing between various Palestinian armed factions over who should rule the war-shattered territory, and the broader Palestinian community.
