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Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported on Sunday, citing Palestinian sources, that gunmen belonging to tribal militias opposed to Hamas have begun voluntarily surrendering to Hamas security forces in the Gaza Strip over the past 48 hours.
The sources said the voluntary surrenders have accelerated significantly since Friday, particularly in the Rafah and Khan Younis areas, where the most prominent armed militias, previously receiving overt support from the Israeli occupation, had been active.
Meanwhile, several members of those groups have recently turned themselves in to the security services, which are handling their cases within the framework of the law, according to Al Jazeera.
The official urged those who remain to surrender immediately “because the path they are on has a known end and their fate is sealed.
They must return to the embrace of their people and community before it is too late, and renounce their betrayal of their people and homeland, as well as their violation of the law, norms, and Palestinian values.”
As reported by Quds Press, citing the Majd security website, which is affiliated with Hamas, a senior resistance security official confirmed that eight members of militias backed by the Israeli occupation turned themselves in to the competent authorities in recent hours, following the announcement of a 10-day amnesty period.
He added that the handover took place voluntarily, following direct communication from the families of the wanted individuals, with clear support from tribal elders who withdrew their social protection from those involved. This, he said, helped facilitate their transfer to the relevant authorities to complete settlement procedures.
This development came after Hamas announced a final 10-day deadline for all members of these militias to surrender themselves and their weapons.
The Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip said last Friday, in a statement to Al Jazeera, that it would handle the cases of those who turn themselves in and ease the legal procedures surrounding their trials, noting that the occupation’s protection of collaborators “will not last long.”
The ministry stressed that “the Israeli occupation has failed to undermine the unity of the Palestinian people and their national cohesion, and that the terror gangs it formed to destabilize the internal front remained isolated, without any popular or societal backing, until they ultimately met their fate and disappeared.”
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