Inside Gaza: Hamas executes eight, targets armed clans in power struggle after Israeli troops pull out

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : As the executions and armed patrols continue, questions persist over whether Hamas's show of force will secure control -- or reignite another cycle of violence.
60% : Hamas's violent bid to regain control exposes Gaza's volatile power vacuum and the fragile limits of the current ceasefire agreement.
57% : " The executions, reportedly carried out in Gaza City, come as Hamas faces growing pressure to maintain control in the aftermath of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
50% : "Hamas took out a couple of gangs that were very bad," Trump said, "and that didn't bother me much."
50% : He added, however, that the U.S. expects Hamas to lay down its arms soon: "If they don't disarm, we will disarm them, quickly and perhaps violently." Trump did not specify how Washington planned to enforce this, only saying it would happen within a "reasonable period."
46% : As Donald Trump warns Hamas to disarm, questions arise over whether the group's brutal tactics will restore order or derail the fragile truceFollowing Israel's military pullback, Hamas has swiftly sought to reassert control across Gaza.
38% : While the group says it is open to handing over administrative control to other Palestinians, it refuses to fully disarm, citing the risk of further instability.
37% : Videos circulating online showed public executions of eight men, accused by Hamas of being "collaborators and outlaws."
35% : Nahed Sheheiber, head of Gaza's truckers union, said Hamas was targeting "gangs that looted aid and killed people under Israeli protection."
30% : Hamas now claims it is acting to eliminate these groups, which it accuses of stealing humanitarian aid and spreading chaos.

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