"Mogadishu"

That's what the Gaza Strip is compared to, in this article.

"According to data released by the Ramallah Center for Human Rights, since the start of 2007, 63 Palestinians have been killed and some 400 injured in clashes because of the chaos in the security situation. Most of the casualties were in the Gaza Strip, which is beginning to resemble the Somalian capital of Mogadishu. Tens of thousands of men armed with light weapons and RPGs do whatever they think fit; the Palestinian police are not effective and the courts are not functioning. In armed feuds between clans, the Palestinian security forces do not get involved at all."[Emphasis mine]

The outside world's image of Gaza is a battleground between Hamas and Fatah, where violence and disorder come from the struggle between the two forces. But, as this article makes clear, that point of view does not accurately explain the situation. The majority of forces aren't controlled by either party -- they're loyal only to their clan. And that doesn't bode well for the establishment of a autonomous Palestinian state.

Want to know how bad things are? The tribal clashes, honor killings, and uncontrollable crime have grown so bad that one journalist said, "[many] people in the Strip hope that Israel will reoccupy it because these phenomena were not prevalent during the Israeli occupation." Read the whole article; it's the best report on Gaza I've read so far.