At least 27 people are dead after intense street fighting broke out between Hamas terrorists and armed clan members within Gaza City.
The bloodshed began Saturday near the city’s Jordanian Hospital, when Hamas security forces exchanged gunfire with members of the Dughmush family — one of Gaza’s most powerful clans, long at odds with Hamas, the BBC reported .
An armed member of Hamas directs traffic as displaced people return to Gaza City on Oct. 12, 2025. AFP via Getty Images
Residents described chaos in Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa neighborhood as hundreds of Hamas fighters advanced on a residential block defended by Dughmush gunmen, sparking intense street battles.
At least eight members of Hamas and 19 members of the Dughmush clan were killed in the most intense internal infighting si