Unwilling to Be Militants’ Human Shields, Some Gazans Turn Gunmen Away From Shelters (www.nytimes.com)

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Early in the conflict, Mr. Zaanin said, Hamas had wanted to station police officers at the shelter where he was staying. The group said it would ensure security, but he said the residents had gathered to stop that.

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“We simply want to save all families, women and children and not let there be any potential threat against us because of the existence of police and members of the Hamas government,” he said. The police, Mr. al-Zaanin added, could stand outside the building but not inside.

Several other residents of school shelters in central Gaza recounted similar stories, though attitudes in other areas were unknown. It is hard to know how widespread the phenomenon is, and whether the armed militia are from Hamas, Islamic Jihad or other armed gangs, but these residents’ experiences suggest that at least some evacuees have blocked armed militias from moving into these shelters.

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The residents’ testimonies also suggested that Hamas’s grip on the enclave may be weakened by the war and that ad hoc community groups are starting to operate outside the organization’s control, at least on a small scale.

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[-] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 0 points 3 weeks ago

Early in the conflict, Mr. Zaanin said, Hamas had wanted to station police officers at the shelter where he was staying. The group said it would ensure security, but he said the residents had gathered to stop that.

“All the families agreed,” said Mr. Zaanin, 56, who once worked as a civil servant for the Palestinian Authority in Gaza.

Reading articles is hard.

[-] zeephirus@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

police officers and politicians? when targeting these people with violence you are called a what now?

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Allegedly.

The NYT has proven to be unreliable and pushing pro-Zionist talking points over journalistic accuracy and integrity.

For all we know they were given a person to speak with by the IDF who would say what they wanted.

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