Overview

• Local medical sources reported eight Hamas security personnel and 19 Dughmush clan members killed in fighting near the Jordanian Hospital area of southern Gaza City.
• Eyewitnesses described a large urban operation as more than 300 Hamas fighters stormed a residential block in the Tel al-Hawa/Sabra area.
• Hamas has recalled thousands of members, set up checkpoints across the Strip, ordered rivals to surrender weapons within 48 hours, and arrested suspected collaborators, with CNN reporting videos of alleged beatings.
• Rival groups signaled resistance to disarmament, with Popular Forces led by Yasser Abu Shabab stating it would keep defending territory around Rafah.
• Accounts of the trigger conflict, with Hamas alleging its forces were attacked and Dughmush sources claiming an attempted eviction to seize a building, as residents fled renewed gunfire and displacement.