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<\/a>Hamas Quietly Reasserts Control in Gaza as Post-War Talks Grind On<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nReuters <\/strong>and<\/em><\/span> Algemeiner Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n From regulating the price of chicken to levying fees on cigarettes, Hamas is seeking to widen control over Gaza as US plans for its future slowly take shape, Gazans say, adding to rivals\u2019 doubts over whether it will cede authority as promised.<\/span><\/p>\n After a ceasefire began last month, Hamas swiftly reestablished its hold over areas from which Israel <\/span>withdrew, killing dozens of Palestinians it accused of collaborating with Israel<\/span>, theft or other crimes. Foreign powers demand the group disarm and leave government but have yet to agree who will replace them.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, a dozen Gazans say they are increasingly feeling Hamas control in other ways. Authorities monitor everything coming into areas of Gaza held by Hamas, levying fees on some privately imported goods including fuel as well as cigarettes and fining merchants seen to be overcharging for goods, according to 10 of the Gazans, three of them merchants with direct knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n Ismail Al-Thawabta, head of the media office of the Hamas government, said accounts of Hamas taxing cigarettes and fuel were inaccurate, denying the government was raising any taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n ANALYST SEES HAMAS ENTRENCHING<\/span><\/p>\n The authorities were only carrying out urgent humanitarian and administrative tasks whilst making \u201cstrenuous efforts\u201d to control prices, Thawabta said. He reiterated Hamas\u2019 readiness to hand over to a new technocratic administration, saying it aimed to avoid chaos in Gaza: \u201cOur goal is for the transition to proceed smoothly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Hatem Abu Dalal, owner of a Gaza mall, said prices were high because not enough goods were coming into Gaza. Government representatives were trying to bring order to the economy \u2013 touring around, checking goods and setting prices, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n Mohammed Khalifa, shopping in central Gaza\u2019s Nuseirat area, said prices were constantly changing despite attempts to regulate them. \u201cIt\u2019s like a stock exchange,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe prices are high. There\u2019s no income, circumstances are difficult, life is hard, and winter is coming,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n US President Donald Trump\u2019s Gaza plan secured a ceasefire on October 10 and the release of the last living hostages seized during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n The plan calls for the establishment of a transitional authority, the deployment of a multinational security force, Hamas\u2019 disarmament, and the start of reconstruction.<\/span><\/p>\n But Reuters, citing multiple sources, reported this week that Gaza\u2019s de facto partition appeared increasingly likely, with Israel<\/span>i forces still deployed in more than half the territory and efforts to advance the plan faltering.<\/span><\/p>\n Nearly all of Gaza\u2019s 2 million people live in areas controlled by Hamas, which seized control of the territory from President Mahmoud Abbas\u2019 Palestinian Authority (PA) and his Fatah Movement in 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n Ghaith al-Omari, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute think-tank, said Hamas\u2019 actions aimed to show Gazans and foreign powers alike that it cannot be bypassed.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe longer that the international community waits, the more entrenched Hamas becomes,\u201d Omari said.<\/span><\/p>\n US STATE DEPARTMENT: HAMAS \u2018WILL NOT GOVERN\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n Asked for comment on Gazans\u2019 accounts of Hamas levying fees on some goods, among other reported activities, a US State Department spokesperson said: \u201cThis is why Hamas cannot and will not govern in Gaza.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n A new Gaza government can be formed once the United Nations approves Trump\u2019s plan, the spokesperson said, adding that progress has been made towards forming the multinational force.<\/span><\/p>\n The PA is pressing for a say in Gaza\u2019s new government, though Israel <\/span>rejects the idea of it running Gaza again. Fatah and Hamas are at odds over how the new governing body should be formed.<\/span><\/p>\n Munther al-Hayek, a Fatah spokesperson in Gaza, said Hamas actions \u201cgive a clear indication that Hamas wants to continue to govern.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In the areas held by Israel<\/span>, small Palestinian groups that oppose Hamas have a foothold, a lingering challenge to it.<\/span><\/p>\n Gazans continue to endure dire conditions, though more aid has entered since the ceasefire.<\/span><\/p>\n THEY \u2018RECORD EVERYTHING\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n A senior Gazan food importer said Hamas hadn\u2019t returned to a full taxation policy, but they \u201csee and record everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n They monitor everything that enters, with checkpoints along routes, and stop trucks and question drivers, he said, declining to be identified. Price manipulators are fined, which helps reduce some prices, but they are still much higher than before the war began and people complain they have no money.<\/span><\/p>\n Hamas\u2019 Gaza government employed up to 50,000 people, including policemen, before the war. Thawabta said that thousands of them were killed, and those remaining were ready to continue working under a new administration.<\/span><\/p>\n Hamas authorities continued paying them salaries during the war, though it cut the highest, standardizing wages to 1,500 shekels ($470) a month, Hamas sources and economists familiar with the matter said. It is believed that Hamas drew on stockpiled cash to pay the wages, a diplomat said.<\/span><\/p>\n The Hamas government replaced four regional governors who were killed, sources close to Hamas said. A Hamas official said the group also replaced 11 members of its Gaza politburo who died.<\/span><\/p>\n Gaza City activist and commentator Mustafa Ibrahim said Hamas was exploiting delays in the Trump plan \u201cto bolster its rule.\u201d \u201cWill it be allowed to continue doing so? I think it will continue until an alternative government is in place,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em> Hamas Quietly Reasserts Control in Gaza as Post-War Talks Grind On Reuters and Algemeiner Staff Palestinians buy vegetables at a market in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, November 13, 2025. 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