FLASHPOINTS TENSION HOURS AFTER PEACE AGREED

FIVE Palestinians have been killed by an Israeli missile in Gaza, in the first test of the frag- ile peace agreement.

- BY CHRIS HUGHES DEFENCE AND SECURITY EDITOR IN TEL AVIV

They were struck by a missile after they reportedly crossed the ceasefire line agreed between Israel and Hamas.

The strike took place on the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in the Palestinian enclave.

The IDF said the five deaths happened after the Palestinians refused to disperse and continued to cross a ceasefire line.

It says warning shots were fired, adding it carried out the strike to “remove the threat.”

The military said: “The IDF calls on Gaza residents to follow its instructions and not to approach the troops deployed in the area.”

Clashes also broke out within Gaza between Hamas and rival clansmen, with street executions ordered on alleged collaborators.

Gunmen from the terrorist group are said to have murdered dozens of people suspected of colluding with the IDF during the two-year war.

REVENGE

It is thought many of those being killed within Gaza are from a major family called the Dughmush Clan, which has struggled for power with Hamas.

Tension between the two groups has been building up for years and it is possible Israeli spies tapped into the Dughmush for information to help in the war.

Footage circulating online appears to show Hamas publicly executing Palestinians at pointblank range in the hours following the Israel military withdrawal.

Such killings have happened after previous wars between Hamas and Israel, with bodies dragged by cars and motorbikes through the Strip’s streets.