How Israel plans to continue the war without its army

"As tanks withdraw and the bombing slows, Israel extends its war through Palestinian militias turned against their own. Israel's war on Gaza has not ended with the pullback of its tanks or the falling silent of its warplanes. Tens of thousands have been killed, hundreds of thousands of homes reduced to rubble, and some two million people driven from their homes. Yet the greatest danger may still lie ahead, for Israel intends to continue the war in another form,"

"Armed militias are emerging, exploiting the collapse of social order and the deepening suffering of the people. These groups, which once claimed the mantle of resistance to the occupier, are increasingly turning their weapons inward. Rather than working to aid the defence of the homeland, they are seeking to impose control through violence, turning Palestinian pain into a currency for factional and political gain."

"The 28-year-old reporter, who had long documented Israel's atrocities in Gaza and faced repeated death threats for his work, was shot dead days after the ceasefire, not by Israeli soldiers or drones but by Palestinian gunmen. His murder exposed the war's continuation by other means: Israel has turned Palestinians against each other, spurring a cycle of fear and bloodshed that serves its occupation even in the absence of its soldiers."

Tens of thousands killed, hundreds of thousands of homes reduced to rubble, and two million people driven from their homes. Israel intends to continue the war in another form that no longer requires its army. In the vacuum left by destruction, armed militias are emerging, exploiting the collapse of social order and deepening suffering. These groups increasingly turn their weapons inward to impose control through violence, converting pain into currency for factional gain. Fear now multiplies within Gaza, illustrated by the killing of journalist Saleh Aljafarawi by Palestinian gunmen days after the ceasefire. Internal violence serves the occupation by incapacitating unity and follows a divide-and-rule logic.

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