Anti-Hamas protester tortured to death in Gaza as warning to others

Hamas thugs fatally tortured a young Palestinian man protesting their rule — and left his body on his family’s doorstep in a sick warning to other foes in the Gaza Strip, according to police.

Uday Al Rabay, 22, was beaten for four hours and died after he participated in an anti-Hamas protest in the Palestinian territories last week, said a senior officer affiliated with the opposition Fatah party.

“Uday was martyred by the criminals of Hamas. And what’s his crime? He told the truth, because he refused to be silent on injustice, because he did not kneel to Hamas,” said Mazen Shat, a police officer tied to Fatah, to The Telegraph.

The victim’s body was left swollen and bloody in the attack, according to pictures purportedly of Uday that were shared on the messaging app Telegram.

“Hamas is oppressing people in a brutal way. Like a puppy [with] a rope around his neck, they dragged [Uday’s body] to the door of his house and told his family that this is the punishment for those who complain about Hamas,” Shat said.

Gaza has seen major protests in recent weeks against Hamas — the first of their kind since the Islamist terror group seized control of the territory from Fatah, a nationalist party, in 2007.

Uday was allegedly kidnapped by Hamas fighters shortly after participating in such a protest last week.

At his funeral Saturday, attendees allegedly chanted anti-Hamas slogans, according to footage shared on X.

Hamas won the last democratic elections held in the Gaza Strip in 2006 after many voters branded the long-time ruling Fatah movement as too weak to lead the push for an independent Palestinian state.

In the wake of Hamas’ sickening attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, support for the terror group soared in Gaza and the West Bank.

But as the war has dragged on — resulting in the deaths of more than 50,000 Palestinians, according to unverified figures from Hamas — opposition to the group’s leadership has grown.

The protests Uday attended followed the collapse of a two-month cease-fire between Hamas and Israel.

Since then, Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza, causing even more Palestinians to turn against Hamas rule, despite the terror group’s many cheerleaders on US campuses.

Public support for Hamas in Gaza has plummeted in recent months, according to a poll from the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research conducted in September.

“People have been under Israeli bombing since October 2023, they don’t want the war to continue by all means,” said Sam Habeeb, a London-based Gazan, to The Telegraph.

“Hamas must accept the fact that the majority of people in Gaza want an end to this war, and certainly, they have the right to express their views freely,” he said.

Protests have continued despite the fear of Hamas retribution.

“What is happening in the Gaza Strip is a catastrophe,” a protester reportedly said in a translated video shared on X by the Middle East Research Institute. “The citizens here demand that [Hamas] release the [Israeli] prisoners so that they can stay alive.”

Other protesters called for the removal of Hamas from power during the same demonstrations in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.

“The people do not want the rule of Hamas. The rule of Hamas is over,” a protester said, according to the Akron Jewish News. “This Hamas rule has destroyed us, killed us and displaced all the people.”