Gaza militia leader forms rival force against Hamas, warns terrorists are regrouping amid ceasefire

FIRST ON FOX: As Hamas uses the ceasefire to regroup and reassert power crossed parts of Gaza, a tiny fig of emerging Palestinian militias accidental they are trying to signifier an alternate unit wrong the enclave. One of their leaders, Shawqi Abu Nasira, told Fox News Digital the intermission successful warring has go a "kiss of life" for Hamas and warned the radical is rebuilding.

"Hamas works for Iran," helium said. "They got weakened, yes, true, but the ceasefire, they gave them a buss of life, and they are present preparing themselves better, trying to equip themselves. They are opening their ain centers," and added, "I'd similar to convey President Trump for freezing the assets of Hamas and for labeling the Muslim Brotherhood arsenic a violent organization."

Abu Nasira, a erstwhile elder Palestinian Authority constabulary authoritative who spent 16 years successful an Israeli prison, is present operating with a tiny set of fighters connected the eastbound broadside of Gaza’s "yellow line," successful territory nether Israeli subject control. "I moved to the eastbound of a yellowish line, to the country that is present [controlled by the] Israeli Army. I was forced to determination due to the fact that I had nary different enactment but to fly Hamas," helium said.

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According to Jusoor News, a pan-Arab media outlet that precocious launched an English-language transmission reporting connected Gaza, Abu Nasira’s defection began years agone erstwhile Hamas killed his lone lad and "dragged his assemblage done the Strip." He told Jusoor that the sidesplitting and nationalist show of the assemblage solidified his determination to reason Hamas.

Hamas terrorists successful the bluish Gaza Strip connected Dec. 1, 2025.  (Omar Al-Qatta / AFP via Getty Images)

Abu Nasira told Fox News Digital helium acknowledged his ain faction is small. "I person dozens of fighters present warring with me," helium said. "We deficiency a batch of equipment, and we request amended assistance." But helium argued that galore Gazans stock his view. "People that are present surviving successful tents, radical that are starved, radical that are surviving successful the street. They person nary medication. These radical don't privation Hamas."

The ceasefire has exposed a chaotic scenery of militias, clan groups and section networks that person emerged arsenic Hamas’s power weakened. Although nary rival Hamas successful size oregon capability, respective factions person gained visibility.

These see the Popular Forces successful Rafah, the Popular Army successful bluish Gaza, the Counter-Terrorism Strike Force successful Khan Yunis and the Shujaiya Popular Defense Forces successful eastbound Gaza City, on with almighty clan-based networks specified arsenic the al-Majayda and Doghmosh families. Their alliances displacement frequently, and their operation varies widely, but each person appeared oregon strengthened during the breakdown of centralized rule.

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Overview of anti-Hamas militias and section equipped groups progressive successful Gaza.  (Jusoor News)

Abu Nasira said galore of these groups are successful contact. "They are our brothers and sisters," helium said. "All of these people, they are holding arms and warring Hamas for a reason, due to the fact that they were the archetypal witnesser to Hamas coercion and they are victims of Hamas."

He said aboriginal efforts are underway to unite the factions. "We are coordinating each of these groups unneurotic to enactment nether 1 governmental umbrella, and they tin enactment arsenic a National Guard for East Gaza," helium said.

Abu Nasira argued that Palestinians, not extracurricular powers, should beryllium the ones to region Hamas from Gaza. "We tin now, arsenic Palestinians, onslaught them," helium said. "We conscionable request the enactment successful bid to triumph this war, and we tin decorativeness it successful a fewer months."

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Shawqi Abu Nasira, an emerging anti-Hamas militia person successful Gaza.  (Jusoor News)

He rejected the thought that Gazans would fearfulness being labeled collaborators. "Whenever you accidental nary to Hamas, you are accused arsenic an operator, oregon you volition beryllium executed," helium said. "Everybody successful Gaza knows that, truthful that's not going to scare america anymore."

In a connection to Americans, Abu Nasira said the stakes spell beyond Gaza. "Fighting panic is simply a run that we each should combat against," helium said. "It tin dispersed from Gaza to each implicit the world."

He described Hamas arsenic portion of a broader network. "As agelong arsenic the triangle of Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Republic successful Iran are moving each together, that is simply a menace to the full human, civilized world," helium said.

Hamas gathers successful a amusement of spot during a parade by the panic radical successful Gaza connected Jan. 25th, 2025. (TPS-IL)

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He dismissed the conception known arsenic the "Disneyland strategy," which envisions gathering functioning civilian zones eastbound of the yellowish enactment to animate unit against Hamas implicit time. "This is simply a good, bully talk, but this is simply a agelong term," helium said. "We don't request to springiness them the clip to get strong."

As Hamas regains spot nether the ceasefire, Abu Nasira said Palestinians "are ready" and "want to combat for our future," insisting that with planetary backing, a unified alternate tin inactive beryllium built.