A number of Gazan civilians in Khan Yunis have told IDF soldiers that Hamas was preventing them from leaving combat areas, using threats and violence.
  • AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I can confirm that in the attached video they’re saying in Arabic “A-shaab yurid isqa’t Hamas” which literally means “the people want to overthrow Hamas” (Google Translate link for the skeptics: الشعب يريد إسقاط حماس ). Way to go ✊

    For some context on why having a huge crowd shout that particular slogan isn’t insignificant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash-shab_yurid_isqat_an-nizam

    • fukhueson@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      From your link too, said previously in 2023 by Palestinians against Hamas in the economic protests:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Gaza_economic_protests

      In July and August 2023, thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took to the streets to protest chronic power outages, poor economic conditions in the territory, and Hamas’s taxation of stipends to the poor paid by Qatar. The rallies, organized by a grassroots online movement called “Alvirus Alsakher” (The mocking virus), were a rare public display of discontent against the ruling Hamas government. Hamas bars most demonstrations and public displays of discontent.