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Gaza tribes assert role as guardians of social order
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Shehab Wire reported that tribal structures in Gaza represent authenticity and honor as the territory confronts what residents characterize as a deliberate enemy campaign to destabilize civilian life. The campaign, according to the report, operates through spreading chaos, insecurity, drug trafficking, and feuding between families.
Tribal leaders frame clan-based social organization as a counterweight to societal breakdown during the conflict. The report suggests that traditional kinship networks serve to maintain order and enforce moral standards against pressures that threaten to fragment Palestinian communities.
