"In real terms, no one can control Gaza or distribute any humanitarian assistance without the approval of Hamas or other resistance groups. I think the discussion must go around a kind of unified Palestinian, let's say, umbrella or unified Palestinian groups, those who control the land and those who can distribute," Yousef pointed out.
"I think Hamas prefers to have a kind of political cooperation and political coordination between different groups. And they prefer some international humanitarian organizations to be in charge. But to have local leaders or local tribes, governments - this is not the Hamas fever at this stage," the political scientist concluded.
Hamas has, meanwhile, dubbed anyone who works with the Israelis as traitors and threatened them with death. The militant group’s security official said that, “Accepting communication with the occupation forces by heads of families and tribes for work in the Gaza Strip is considered national betrayal, which we will not allow.”