Dahlan is believed to be one of the richest people in the Palestinian territories with much of his wealth accrued through Palestinian Authority monopolies such as oil and cement. He is now in Yugoslavia also receiving medical treatment and Hamas have welcomed his resignation and called it the "beginning of the purification of Fatah's ranks". The faction's security forces in the Gaza Strip were riven by nepotism, infiltrated by hostile agents and contained recruits motivated by simply making a living rather than political conviction.