Correspondent
Hundreds of people have participated in the biggest anti-Hamas protest in Gaza since the war with Israel began, going out to the streets to ask for the group to leave power.
Masked Hamas militants, some armed with weapons, and others who wore sticks were intervening and forcibly scattered protesters, attacking several.
Videos were broadly shared on social networks by activists who usually critical of Hamas showed young men who marched the streets of Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, singing, “Exits, Hamas Out”.
Pro-Hamas supporters defended the group, diminished the importance of demonstrations, and accused participants of being traitors. Hamas has yet to comment.
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Israel continued its military campaign in Gaza after almost two months of tribute, accusing Hamas of rejecting a new US proposal for extending an income. Hamas in turn accused Israel of leaving the original agreement arranged in January.
Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, and thousands of displaced since Israeli military operations continued on the air attacks on March 18th.
One of the protesters, a resident of Beit Lahia Mohammed Diab, destroyed his home in the war and lost his brother in the Israeli air attack a year ago.
“We refuse to die for anyone, because of the agenda of any party or interest of foreign states,” he said.
“Hamas must deviate and listen to the voice of bereaved, a voice rising under the ruins – the most important voice.”
Hamas has been the only ruler in Gaza since 2007, after winning Palestinian elections a year earlier and then violently expelled the rivals.
The shots from the city also showed that protesters shouted “with Hamas’s rule, down with the rule of Muslim fraternity.”
Hamas has been the only ruler in Gaza since 2007, after winning Palestinian elections a year earlier and then violently expelled the rivals.
Open criticism of Hamas has grown in Gaza since the war began, both on the streets and on the net, although there are still those who are fiercely loyal and it is difficult to accurately evaluate how much support for the group has moved.
There were opposition to Hamas long before the war, although much of it remained hidden for fear of repression.
Mohammed al-Najjar, from Gaza, posted on his Facebook: “Excuse me, but what exactly has Hamas bet? They bet on our blood, the blood that the whole world sees as only numbers.
“Even Hamas count us as numbers. Get away and let us make wounds.”
The war in Gaza encouraged Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed, mostly civilians, and 251 others took hostages.
Israel responded to an attack by a military offensive in Gaza to destroy Hamas, which has killed more than 50,000 PalestiniansHamas’s Ministry of Health announced.
Most of the 2.1 million Gaza inhabitants are also displaced, many of which are several times.
It is estimated that 70% of the buildings were damaged or destroyed in Gaza, the health care systems, water and sanitary systems were demolished, and lack of food, fuel, medicines and shelters.
