“I don’t know who organized the demonstration,” he said Muhammad Resident of Gaza. “I participated in order to convey a message on behalf of the people: enough with the war,” he added, noting that he saw “Hamas security forces in civilian clothing sprinkle the demonstration.” Ahmed to–A messyA 35 -year -old building that participated in the demonstration stated: “We want to continue until bloodshed stops and Hamas will leave the Palestinian arena.” MagdiAnother demonstration added: “The people are tired. If Hamas leaves power in Gaza, this is the solution, why doesn’t Hamas give up on power to protect the people?”
Some Gaza residents fear that any ceasefire that will leave Hamas in control in Gaza will only make another war inaugurated. “Without Hamas, the next war will only be a matter of time,” he said Hillel and reacted27, from House of Lao who fled Gaza before October 7. “We are tired of the war, destruction and killing,” he added.
Another demonstration said the residents of Northern Gaza were left with nothing, but some feel a real hope that Hamas can be overturned by other groups within Gaza, including Fatah.
F*** all pro Hamas in the west❗️
You abandoned the Gazans and supported a terrorist organization and this not me saying it it’s the F***ing Palestinians in Gaza!
F*** all the students across America who supported the “resistance”
F*** all the journalists across the world who… pic.twitter.com/eIdK4CtuXH– יוסף חדאד – Yoseph Haddad (@yosephhaddad) March 25, 2025
Bisan NatilA youth activist in a non-governmental organization in Gaza, said: “We did not choose to be a war that takes us from our homes, robs our loved ones, and put our lives in a death game we knew nothing about.” And handAid in the center of Gaza who refused to use his full name, claimed: “Hamas did not warn us or gave any instructions to protect or help people. I do not know what they thought or what they expected people to do, but it is unacceptable for everyone in Gaza.
A pleasantA strong businessman and a former Palestinian trading office, explained that even before the war, Hamas support among Gaza residents was already limited: “Hamas’s popularity in the Gaza Strip has darkened, due to government failures and the wrong allocation of funds. The destructive impact of the conflict further deepens this emotion.”
And Il MuhammadA civil engineer and a veteran critic of Hamas in Gaza, noted: “The people are now very angry with Hamas, but at the same time they are afraid to express the anger within them by protest or maintain shifts.” He explains that 16 years of Hamas’s intimidation tactics, as well as the use of religious belief to promote its ideology, have made “the population in Gaza to obey.”
Robbery aid and collapse of the law and order
With the collapse of the law and order, an organized crime is increasing and assisting and sold in the secondary market before many can accept it. There is a growing belief that not only does Hamas be responsible for robbery and sculpture through its absence, but it may also share or participate. “We have to buy food sent to Gaza as a assistance. We hear a lot of rumors that this assistance is stolen in the eyes of Hamas, sometimes in partnership with people from the government,” says Walid, the assistance worker
MuhammadAn accountant and a former government employee who is currently in Rafah, claims that Hamas and the theft of assistance throughout Gaza are “clear”: “We cannot provide complete proof, but who has the rifles? Who has a monopoly on the power in Gaza? It’s Hamas. The work of organized crime groups was not cold without their consent.
BREAKING:
Thousands of young men have taken to the streets in northern Gaza to demand the expulsion of Hamas from Gaza and end to the war.
They also curse Al-Jazeera for not reporting the truth about their contempt for Hamas
Via @PeaceComCenter pic.twitter.com/jzoaZqNyVv
– Visegrád 24 (@Visegrad24) March 25, 2025
One of the main claims of Gaza residents is that Hamas abandoned the civilian population whose activists retreated to the tunnels, without providing protection or assistance to citizens. “Hamas followed that old war plan and left people to the mercy of Israelis,” says Walid, the assistance worker.
Seena ElsaidIf and a feminist activist from the city of Gaza, she said: “We succumbed to Hamas for a long time, and we thought that Hamas as a party would be ready for war after October 7 as they claimed. But they were only ready to protect themselves.” AhmedA fierce press photographer, adds: “This war is beyond Hamas’s abilities.”
“What we see now is the fall of the trace of fear”
Dr. Ran PoratA senior researcher at the Australian Center for Jewish Culture at the University of Monash, told SBS News that demonstrations in Gaza are rare: “Hamas controls Gaza through oppression and fear of execution. It takes a lot of courage to demonstrate in Gaza.”
“What we see now is the fall of this fear barrier because they are tired of being stuck between the Israeli war machine that goes out to release the kidnappers and destroy Hamas, and Hamas, who does not want to give up his grip in Gaza.” Porat added that Hamas has earned the sale of goods to Gaza – raises the price of meat three times and doubles the price of fuel. “The protesters are in the north, where the destruction is even worse, much worse than in the south. People return to their homes and discover that there are no houses, just trouble.”
Since he has taken over the Gaza Strip in 2007, Hamas has severely suppressed opposition by arresting visitors and dispersing demonstrations against its policy. A 2018 Human Rights Watch report accused the terrorist organization of arrest and routine torture of opponents.
Khalil ShkakiA political scientist and director of the Palestinian Center for policy and research, told NPR last year that Hamas support among Palestinians appeared to have risen after the attack on Israel on October 7.
In a survey by Shikaki in June last year, 40 percent of Palestinians in Judea and Samaria said they would prefer that Hamas would rule them, followed by an opening (20 percent).
In a space left behind Hamas, some of the Gazans are trying to organize in the field to provide services and sense of order. In Rafah, “Defense Committees” – groups of local young men, dressed in matching black clothing and masks, armed with goddesses – provide basic security for markets and public areas.