In war-battered Gaza, residents grow angry with Hamas

[LauraInLA]

JERUSALEM — More than six months into the war in Gaza and with dimming hopes for a cease-fire deal, Palestinians there are growing more critical of Hamas, which some of them blame for the months-long conflict that has destroyed the territory — and their lives.

The war has displaced most of the Gaza Strip’s population, killed tens of thousands of people and pushed the enclave toward famine, its infrastructure in ruins. The Israeli military waged a punishing campaign to eliminate Hamas after the group, which has ruled Gaza for 17 years, attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing an estimated 1,200 people and abducting more than 250.

But while the majority of Palestinians in Gaza blame Israel for their suffering, according to polling conducted in March, they also appear to be turning their ire toward the militants. In interviews with more than a dozen residents of Gaza, people said they resent Hamas for the attacks in Israel and — war-weary and desperate to fulfill their basic needs — just want to see peace as soon as possible.

If Hamas wanted to start a war, “they should have secured people first — secured a place of refuge for them, not thrown them into suffering that no one can bear,” said Salma El-Qadomi, 33, a freelance journalist who has been displaced 11 times since the conflict started.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/27/gaza-hamas-public-support-israel/
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[calguy]

1. Hamas is responsible for their misery

Say what you want about Israel's reactions. Some of it justified as some probably going too far, but the bottom line is Israel wouldn't be in Gaza if Hamas wouldn't have staged their brutal attack against innocent Israeli citizens.

[Silent3]

3. There's plenty of blame to go around

While Hamas is by far the most to blame, that doesn’t magically make Israel utterly blameless in each and every way they’ve responded to Hamas.

[calguy]

8. I didn't say Israel hasn't over-played their hand in some instance

I'm saying that if Hamas wouldn't have massacred innocent civilians in a savage and brutal attack, none of this would have happened.

[Cha]

7. Yes Hamas and Iran wanted

This to happen not giving one shit about the people of Gaza except themselves

[comradebillyboy]

2. Hamas goal was to make the population of Gaza martyrs

whether they liked it or not.

I pity the poor Palestinians, ruled by violent fanatics in Gaza and corrupt incompetent bureaucrats in the Occupied Territories. Neither group will be able to fulfil their fantasy of erasing Israel so they had better think about some more realistic approach to their problems.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. I'd like to see them

Turn on Hamas. . . by any means necessary to get rid of the bastards!

[Earth-shine]

5. I'll bet a lot of Gazans do not know what happened on Oct 7.

Maybe they have some inkling that Hamas attacked Israel, but do they know the extent of the brutality?

How can these refugees keep up with the actual news?

Both Hamas and the Israeli gov't have shown they care not for the lives of Gazans.

[Cha]

6. "If Hamas wanted to start a war, "they should have secured people first -- secured a place of refuge for them, not thrown

If Hamas wanted to start a war, “they should have secured people first — secured a place of refuge for them, not thrown them into suffering that no one can bear,” said Salma El-Qadomi, 33, a freelance journalist who has been displaced 11 times since the conflict started.

Except Hama doesn't give a shit about Palestinians.. they want Martyrs.. just not themselves.

TY

[shrike3]

9. Don't blame them.

I doubt Hamas is starving and suffering along with them.

[mcar]

10. Good. Hamas is starving and terrorizing them