‘Go out, Hamas’: Hundreds of protests against the reign of the group over Gaza, invite to the end of the war with Israel

In the midst of destroyed buildings and broken transmission lines in Shujaiyya County in the Gaza belt, dozens of Palestinians sang: “Go out, Hamas, we want to live in freedom.”

Standing on Wednesday, protesters – mostly men and children – applauded at the rhythm of every singing against a militant group.

The emotions were high because many recounted what they lost in the last year and a half installments – family, friends, homes – and blamed the Hamas for their losses and to continue fighting in the tape.

“Hamas killed our children, Hamas destroyed our homes,” Mu’ayyid Dhahir said free video designer Mohamed El Saife of the protest. “We don’t want Hamas, go out.”

Protests come after calls on the social media platforms for Palestinians in Gaza have been addressed to come out and express frustration against Hamas and the endless war in Gaza’s belt. Last week, Israel continued the attack of air and land on Gaza to press Hamas to let go of all the remaining hostages.

Some Palestinians expressed caution because of public speech against Hamas for fear of retaliation, but many demonstrants said they were tired of living under their conditions and that they needed their voices.

‘What is important is that Hamas leaves us alone’

In the field, Ayad Jundia said he lost everything in the war, including hundreds of family members and his home. But he insisted on the importance of speaking against Hamas’s reign.

“Hamas could call anyone a spy if he speaks against them,” he said. “We don’t care today, they can shoot us and call us spies, which is important is that Hamas leaves us alone.”

Cars and trucks ride with a protest and waved peaceful signs with protesters to show support for demonstrations.

Hajem Sakr complains of Hamas’s leadership, whose policy felt the war on the people of Gaza forced the war.

“Of [Hamas] Gaza took over, it caused the occupation to kill us and kill our children, “he said.” Our children are more valuable than the Hamas leaders who are outside the country. “

Sakr said he had lost his home in the last 18 months, his brother disappeared and was injured in the middle of the fight. But he said he was not afraid to speak against Hamas.

“Gazan is never afraid of death. Gazan tolerates hunger and thirst, but he can’t tolerate humiliation,” he said.

A group of weakened by the Israeli offensive

The senior official Hamas Basem Naim said that people have the right to protest for suffering inflicted on war, but he denied what he said they were a “suspicious political plan” that exploit the situation.

“Where are they, what’s going on on the west coast?” he said. “Why don’t they protest against the aggression there or do not allow people to go out to the streets to deny this aggression?”

The comments, which reflect the tensions among the Palestinian fractions over the future of Gaza, followed a few hours after Fatah’s rival movement called on Hamas to “respond to the call of the Palestinian people in Gaza’s belt.” Fatah leads the Palestinian rule on the west coast occupied by Israeli.

Palestinian analyst Akram Attallah said that Hamas, who held a lid on public opposition before the war, had little opportunities to catch demonstrations if they were given importance.

“People are exhausted and paid for with their lives and property, and the group faces a devastating Israeli military offensive, which is why it is weaker to break the protesters even if he wants it,” he said.

More than 50,000 Palestinians were killed by an Israeli campaign in Gaza, according to health officers in the territory. The offensive was initiated after armed attackers under the guidance of Hamas attacked the communities in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and abducting about 250 as hostages, according to Israeli tali.

A large part of the narrow coastal enclave is reduced to ruins, and hundreds of thousands of people have taken refuge in tents or bombed buildings.

Netanyahu takes a loan for protests

Hundreds of thousands of inhabitants who had previously fled to the south of Gaza have returned to their destroyed homes in the north after the tribute entered into force in January.

Now the evacuation commands after Israel re -launched its offensive on March 18th, breaking a two -month truce, during which Hamas handed over more hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly said that the protest showed that the decision of Israel had been restored to the offensive in Gaza, where the Hamasa police – the group executors – once again disappeared after they had appeared during the truce.

“We have seen some unprecedented in recent days – open protests in Gaza against Hamas’s reign. We are determined to achieve all our war goals,” Netanyahu said during a speech in Knesset, the Israeli Parliament.

Because Israel continued with his shots at Gaza, saying that his goal was to completely dismantle Hamas, almost 700 people, mostly women and children, was killed, according to Palestinian health officials.

Hamas arranged thousands of police and security forces across Gaza after the truce came into force in January, but his armed presence sharply withdrew from March 18, when the main attacks of the Israeli Israeli extension were. Smaller police were present in some areas, while members and leaders of the armed wing came down from the radar to avoid Israeli air attacks.

Although official contacts with the aim of returning the fire interruption process continue, there are few signs of breakthrough over central issues, including future gauze belt management.

In 2007, Hamas took control of Gaza in the election that threw out the Fatah group of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Since then, he has ruled the enclave, offering some space for opposition.

Two movements have clashed for years and have not been able to overcome the differences in the post -war future Gaza, which the Palestinian administration says he must be under his authority.

Hamas, although it expresses the willingness to deviate from active participation in the Government, says that it must be involved in the selection everything that the administration follows.