The Doghmush (Arabic: دغمش, pronounced "Doe-moosh" or "Durmush", see spelling) is a Palestinian family from the Gaza Strip.

Activities

Mumtaz Doghmush, who was involved in the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit, led the Army of Islam by 2008. After Hamas' takeover of Gaza, the Doghmush clan was often involved in violent and deadly clashes with Hamas security forces. After the killing of a Hamas police officer, Hamas security forces raided a clan stronghold, leading to fighting between the clan and Hamas forces on 16 September 2008. Ten clan members, including Mumtaz's brother, were killed in the worst breakout of violence in Gaza since July 2008. Also killed was the infant daughter of Zakaria Doghmush, secretary general of the Hamas-affiliated Popular Resistance Committees.[1]

Members of the clan are affiliated or aligned with various Palestinian and Islamist groups, including Fatah, Hamas, Popular Resistance Committees, and al-Qa'ida.[1]

Johnston kidnapping

Clan members affiliated with al-Qaida were involved in the kidnapping and holding of the British journalist Alan Johnston from March to July 2007.[1] The clan members proclaimed themselves as the Jaysh al-Islām (Army of Islam), and being behind the kidnapping and holding of the British journalist Alan Johnston for four months in 2007. The family has reportedly been involved in extortion, smuggling, arms dealing and the killing of rivals. The clan has been dubbed "The Sopranos of Gaza City".[2] They are linked to the British-based Palestinian-Jordanian extremist Abu Qatada. Mumtaz is suspected as the mastermind of Johnston's kidnapping.[3]

Spelling

The family originally came to Gaza from Turkey in the early 20th century and as a result their name is also spelled using current Turkish orthography as Doğmuş,[4] pronounced "Doe-moosh", which means "born" using the inferential or dubitative past tense. Other possible spellings are Dogmosh, Dugmash, Dagmoush, Dughmush, Dogmush, Durmush and Dormush.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Waked, Ali (2008-09-16). "12 dead as Hamas, clan battle in Gaza City". Ynet News. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "The moment of greatest danger: After 97 days held captive in Gaza - Times Online". Archived from the original on 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  3. ↑ "Gaza blast kills leading militant". Sydney Morning Herald. AFP. 2010-11-04. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Kaçıranlar Türk kökenli Doğmuş aşireti". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-03-23.


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