☕ Daily Brief: Palestinians Protests Against Hamas

By Upward News | Created at 2025-03-27 13:46:08 | Updated at 2025-04-03 23:43:36 1 week ago

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WHAT’S HAPPENING_

For the second day in a row, hundreds of Palestinians in northern Gaza are taking to the streets to protest Hamas, chanting slogans like “Out, out — Hamas should get out!” The protests signal a significant shift in public sentiment in Gaza, where Hamas has ruled since 2007. Local residents are reportedly upset over new evacuation orders and the terror group’s refusal to lay down its arms, though much of their anger is directed at Hamas-friendly media who refused to cover the demonstrations.

These protests mark the largest public opposition to Hamas in Gaza since the group launched its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

_THE FACTS_

Video footage shows large protests in northern Gaza, with crowds chanting: “Hamas is a terrorist.”
"Gazans are expressing anger at Al Jazeera and global media generally for covering only Hamas, ignoring the voices of Gazan civilians,” said Joseph Braude, president of the Center for Peace Communications.
One Palestinian man claimed that Al Jazeera reporter — and reportedly a Hamas member — Anas Al-Sharif entered a nearby Indonesian hospital, refusing to cover the protests.
Some demonstrators shouted, “Down with Hamas rule, down with the Muslim Brotherhood rule.”
Another Palestinian said, “We refuse to die for anyone, for any party’s agenda or the interests of foreign states… Hamas must step down.”
Armed and masked Hamas militants, carrying rifles and batons, intervened to break up the protests and assaulted several participants.
Hamas responded to the demonstrations by accusing protesters of pushing “suspicious political agendas” and attempting to shift blame from Israel.
The protests came one day after Islamic Jihad fired rockets at Israel, prompting Israeli-issued evacuations of Beit Lahia, a city in Gaza’s north, and a resumption of airstrikes.

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