Gaza is a place of total anarchy

It's impossible to know the full extent of what life is like in Gaza because Israel doesn't allow journalists to cover the war from inside the territorial strip of land. There are plenty of reports appearing in the world's press and television and radio based on brave Palestinian, Gaza-resident journalists. But the war needs to be covered by outsiders, journalists who have war-correspondent exsperience and can give us a complete picture. There is a brilliant piece on the BBC World website today which gives an alarming account of life inside Gaza, provided by a former Hamas security officer who now lives in Cairo. So he's not there in Gaza but one assumes he has all the right contacts. He says there is anarchy in the Strip with gangs and groups rivalling Hamas who are trying to overthrow the so-called "rulers" of Gaza. He says Hamas has lost control of Gaza and its leadership annihilated and that there are different political groups, no doubt financed by Israel, who are pulling together to get rid of Hamas. While that might sound like a solution for Israel, it surely means even more danger for the Palestinian residents. There are, the former Hamas official says, armed groups who are trying to take over who stop people at a whim. So there is war and anarchy and rebellion. How is it possible for Palestinian citizens to survive in this appalling and terrifying environment? Is the world caring enough? No.