FIRST ON FOX: As Hamas uses the ceasefire to regroup and reassert control across parts of Gaza, a small number of emerging Palestinian militias say they are trying to form an alternative force inside the enclave. One of their leaders, Shawqi Abu Nasira, told Fox News Digital the pause in fighting has become a "kiss of life" for Hamas and warned the group is rebuilding.
"Hamas works for Iran," he said. "They got weakened, yes, true, but the ceasefire, they gave them a kiss of life, and they are now preparing themselves better, trying to equip themselves. They are opening their own centers," and added, "I'd like to thank President Trump for freezing the assets of Hamas and for labeling the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization."
Abu Nasira, a former senior Palestinian Authority police official who spent 16 years in an Israeli prison, is now operating with a small band of fighters on the eastern side of Gaza’s "yellow line," in territory under Israeli military control. "I moved to the east of a yellow line, to the area that is now [controlled by the] Israeli Army. I was forced to move because I had no other option but to flee Hamas," he said.
According tofighting Hamas for a reason, because they were the first witness to Hamas terrorism and they are victims of Hamas."
He said early efforts are underway to unite the factions. "We are coordinating all of these groups together to work under one political umbrella, and they can act as a National Guard for East Gaza," he said.
Abu Nasira argued that Palestinians, not outside powers, should be the ones to remove Hamas from Gaza. "We can now, as Palestinians, attack them," he said. "We just need the support in order to win this war, and we can finish it in a few months."
He rejected the idea that Gazans would fear being labeled collaborators. "Whenever you say no to Hamas, you are accused as an operator, or you will be executed," he said. "Everybody in Gaza knows that, so that's not going to scare us anymore."
In a message to Americans, Abu Nasira said the stakes go beyond Gaza. "Fighting terror is a campaign that we all should fight against," he said. "It can spread from Gaza to all over the world."
He described Hamas as part of a broader network. "As long as the triangle of Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Republic in Iran are working all together, that is a threat to the entire human, civilized world," he said.
He dismissed the concept known as the "Disneyland strategy," which envisions building functioning civilian zones east of the yellow line to inspire pressure against Hamas over time. "This is a good, nice talk, but this is a long term," he said. "We don't need to give them the time to get strong."
As Hamas regains strength under the ceasefire, Abu Nasira said Palestinians "are ready" and "want to fight for our future," insisting that with international backing, a unified alternative can still be built.