Palestinian factions race to post snowstorm work on Facebook
Hamas, Fatah and Islamic Jihad took to social media to document their own aid efforts following the region’s winter storm.
![PALESTINIANS-GAZA/ Palestinians ride a boat at a neighborhood flooded with rainwater in the northern Gaza Strip December 17, 2013. Four days of torrential rains in Gaza Strip killed two people and forced the evacuation of more than 5,000 residents from flooded homes, some accessible only by boat, officials said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) - RTX16MGK](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/12/RTX16MGK.jpg/RTX16MGK.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=xPc9hCdw)
Only in Gaza will you see photographs of masked gunmen handing out food aid to families displaced by the storm that battered the Strip last week.
The photos in question, which caused great controversy among social media users, portrayed resistance fighters from the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, and the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad.