Seems That Hamas Is Having Tzuris

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of terrorists:

Fatah: Hamas admits to losing control in Gaza
Website posts letter allegedly from military wing chief saying 'Strip in state of explosions, chaos'

An internet website identified with Fatah reported Saturday that the head of Hamas's military wing, Ahmed Jabri, admitted his organization was losing control of the Gaza Strip.

PalPress also published a letter allegedly addressed by Jabri to Khaled Mashal, Hamas' politburo chief in Damascus, in which he writes that "the situation in Gaza is deteriorating".

"The Strip is in a state of explosions and chaos, and operatives from Izz al-Din al-Qassam (Hamas' military wing) are being killed," the letter says, likely referring to a recent bout of assassinations in Gaza.

"This is the second letter sounding warning bells, the first one having been sent in November. I want to stress once again that the situation in Gaza is worsening. We began to lose control of the internal situation after you asked us to transfer control to the government and not to interfere, in order to allow it to direct the affairs of Gaza."

Now it's true that there is no love lost between Fatah and Hamas, and we can't just assume that Hamas has hit the skids just on Fatah's say so, plus Hamas has been vociferous in its denial--but:

Despite the tough response, a number of Hamas sources confirmed to the paper that internal conflict does exist within the organization. They also did not deny that the recent tension in the Strip was cause[d] in part by the increasing empowerment of radical Salafi groups.

Hmmmm. Looks like everyone's favorite democratically elected terrorist group has hit a snag.

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