The first rule of power politics is that nobody relinquishes authority willingly. The second rule is that yesterday's allies are tomorrow's enemies, and vice versa. Both rules are now playing out in Gaza, where Hamas is reportedly fighting to reassert control even as President Donald Trump's peace deal supposedly ushers in a new era for the Middle East.

Gaza’s administrative and policing structures have been shattered by the war. And Hamas fighters, their ranks depleted but their determination intact, are clashing with rival armed groups in what appears to be a contest for supremacy in the post-ceasefire vacuum . To hear some analysts tell it, this represents a battle between the terror group and citizens who’ve had enough of its rule. The reality, as always in Gaza, is considerably

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