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Hundreds of Palestinians shouted Anti-Hamas-Slogans against a rare protest in Gaza on Tuesday.
“Hamas Out” and “Hamas Terrorists” were sung by the mostly male protesters in Beit Lahia, because they called to put an end to the war with Israel, said witnesses.
The crowd had gathered a week after the Israeli army resumed its intense bombing in the coastal area, after almost two months of a truce.
On the Social Media Network Telegram, at least one call for protest was circulating on Tuesday, the Agence France Presse (AFP) news agency reported.
CNN reported that another message on social media on Wednesday seemed to ask nine anti-Hamas demonstrations in Gaza, while clips obtained through the network showed the crowd that walked through the streets of Beit Lahia “We want the war to an end,” said it.
Children wear signs in Arabic to proclaim: we refuse to die – AFP via Getty Images
Photos from northern Gaza showed people flanked by destroyed buildings, destroyed by Israel's bomb campaign in response to Hamas's fatal attack on October 7, 2023 on Israel.
Reports suggested that further protests broke out on Tuesday evening in Khan Yunis, Southern Gaza. De Telegraaf could not verify these reports.
Protests against Hamas are rare in the Gaza Strip. In the past, the terror group has set violent on demonstrations, in which Amnesty International reported in 2019 that people had been beaten and were randomly held on protests against the costs of living.
It also said that protesters were subjected to torture while they were in detention.
Palestinians attend a rally to put an end to the war, in Beit Lahia – Getty
“I don't know who organized the protest,” said Mohammed, a demonstrator who refused to give his last name for fear of reprisals, against the AFP.
“I participated in sending a message on behalf of the people: enough with the war,” he said, adding that he “had seen members of the Hamas security troops in civil clothes that break the protest”.
Majdi, another demonstrator who did not want to give his full name, said that the “people are tired”.
“If Hamas leaves power in Gaza is the solution, why doesn't Hamas give power to protect people?” he asked.
Israel regularly calls for Gazanen to mobilize against the Islamic movement that has been in power in the territory since 2007.
The Gaza Strip was destroyed by more than 17 months of war between Israel and Hamas.
The humanitarian situation deteriorated again after Israel blocked the passage to the territory on 2 March in an attempt to forced Hamas to release the remaining Israeli hostages.
Because Israel has resumed his military operations in Gaza, at least 792 Palestinians were killed, according to the Health Minister in the territory run by Hamas.
The attack of 7 October on Israel resulted in the death of 1,218 people, mainly citizens, according to official figures.
The number of people killed by Israel's retaliation work surpassed 50,000 for the first time on Sunday for the first time on Sunday.
Israel says it killed around 20,000 militants without providing evidence.
The protests were released when the Oscar-winning director of a documentary about the conflict was released on Tuesday from detention, a day after he was injured and arrested during a raid by Israeli settlers in his village in the western Jordoever.
Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the award-winning no other country, said he had been attacked by settlers after he had filmed that she was attacking a neighbor's house and then returning to ensure that his own house was not attacked.
The war in Gaza has fueled an increase in violence on the West Bank, in which the Israeli army performs military operations that hundreds of Palestinians have killed and tens of thousands of displaced people.
There is an increase in the violence of the settlers, as well as Palestinian attacks on Israelis.
