Gazan voice frustration with Hamas in rare protest

On Tuesday, the Palestinians protested in Gaza Strip in a rare dissent against Hamas, with some slogans critically critical of the grip of the armed group after more than one year of the devastating war.

The videos verified by the New York Times showed groups of Gazaners in the semi -amplifier in the northern city of Beit Lahiya. Some were more neutral signs that spoke to the continuation of the war, while other slogans sang who demanded Hamas to get out.

At least the Gazans tend to publicly accuse Israel for a large part of death, destruction and hunger that the war brought. At least some Hamas are also responsible to begin the conflict by leading October 7, 2023, taking an attack on Israel, 251 people to Gaza and continues to fight instead of giving up his power in exchange for an armistice.

The trouble seemed to have reappeared after Israel had given up a two -month ceasefire last week and resumed his bombing of Gaza to put Hamas under pressure, to free more of the remaining hostages.

“We want to continue until the bloodshed ends and Hamas leaves the Palestinian scene,” said Ahmed al-Masri, a 35-year-old construction worker who said he took part in the rally.

The 32 -year -old Ibrahim, another Gazan who joined the protest, said he had arrived in the city center of Beit Lahiya to buy food before stumbling into the amount of demonstrators. He asked to be identified by the Hamas for fear of retribution by the first name.

He said that the demonstrators’ message to Hamas ended the war and left Gaza.

Since the fulfillment of the full control over Gaza in 2007, Hamas has firmly linked and aggressively distributed demonstrations against his policy. A Human Rights Watch report from 2018 accused the group that they were routinely arrested and tortured the opponents.

While at least some Gazans have tacitly expressed frustrations with Hamas and criticism of its leaders since the beginning of the war, only a few were ready to express them publicly.

Last year, Amin Abed, one of the few prominent critics of Hamas who remained in Gaza, said that he had been attacked by the feared internal security forces in the group. The masked officers beat him with hammers and metal poles, he said.

A spokesman for the Hamas government in Gaza suggested that Herr Abed and another dissident had become a victim of criminal activities, and added that the Hamas-led Interior Ministry examined the episodes.

It is still believed that the Hamas Arries Taxes Despite the constricted efforts of Israel to remove the militant group. During the two -month ceasefire with Israel, which started in January, the group tried to reaffirm their dominance over the enclave.

Some Gazans fear every ceasefire that would have Hamas checked over Gaza stripes, would only make another war inevitable.

“Without the Hamas disappearing, the next war will only be a matter of time,” said the 27 -year -old Helal Warshagha, an activist from Beit Lahiya, who fled from Gaza before October 7, 2023.

“We had enough of war, destruction and killing,” he added.

Adam Rasgon Contribution to reporting from Jerusalem.