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Some Gazans Chant ‘The People Want to Topple Hamas’

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While the IDF continues to provide safe corridors for civilians fleeing from Khan Yunis, Hamas operatives try to hold them back, for they are the human shields Hamas relies on to discourage IDF attacks. Now Gazans are openly expressing their anger with Hamas, which wants to keep them imperiled, and also has been appropriating much of the humanitarian aid that has been trucked into the Strip. More on this public display of anger directed at Hamas can be found here: “Gazans call for overthrow of Hamas as they flee through IDF humanitarian corridor,” by Gadi Zaig, Jerusalem Post, January 

The IDF has established a humanitarian corridor in recent days for Palestinian residents of western Khan Yunis to move from combat areas to the town of Al-Mawasi in southwestern Gaza, IDF Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee announced on Saturday.

Adraee said that Gazan residents would be safe in Al-Mawasi and that the corridor has been opened to evacuate civilians every day so that the IDF can focus on fighting the Hamas terrorist organization and deepening its incursion into Khan Yunis without the risk of civilians being injured in the process.

Tens of thousands of Gazans have already passed through this corridor safely, according to the spokesperson.

Adraee also quoted a number of Gazan civilians passing through the corridor, who informed IDF soldiers that Hamas was preventing them from leaving combat areas, using threats and violence. Additionally, IDF soldiers were also assisting civilians at the scene, including the elderly and sick.

The humanitarian corridor remains open until 4 p.m. for residents to cross over to Al-Mawasi.

“The people want to topple Hamas,” can be heard from the Palestinian civilians chanting.

COGAT official Major-General Rasan Aliyan said that “In recent days, we see more and more evidence of public criticism voiced by the residents of Gaza against the terrorist organization Hamas. The residents of the Gaza Strip rightly prefer their well-being and the safety of their children over the continued military strengthening of Hamas and the terrorist activities that harm them and their future.”

Palestinians were also seen evacuating from the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis on Friday, with COGAT stating that “Hamas operates from and around the Nasser and Al-Amal hospitals. The systematic use of hospitals across Gaza by Hamas has been documented, including Hamas shooting a rocket from within the hospital….

Hamas uses hospitals as places where it can hide both weapons and fighters, and from which its operatives can launch rocket, RPG, and machine-gun attacks on Israeli soldiers. It is critical that civilians remain in them, acting as human shields, and limiting the IDF’s freedom to search and destroy.

The IDF has established a safe corridor for Gazan civilians who wish at this point to leave the areas in and around the last two hospitals — Nasser and Al-Amal Hospitals — that are still functioning in Khan Yunis. The IDF is cooperating with medical staff in order that both hospitals can remain open and accessible to those needing treatment.

Gazans are finally daring to speak out against the real cause of their misery — Hamas. It is not only that Hamas tries to prevent civilians from fleeing to safety, in order that they remain as human shields – it even kills some Gazans in flight to discourage others from attempting to do the same. Equally enraging to Gazan civilians, Hamas also retains control of the humanitarian aid — food and medicine — that donors send for the people of Gaza. Hamas appropriates much of that aid for itself, and what its operatives don’t use for themselves is sold on the black market. Aid meant to be free is instead sold at high prices to desperate civilians, with Hamas pocketing the profits.

That is why the civilians fleeing Khan Yunis have been shouting “Down with Hamas”and “The people want to topple Hamas.” And, with help from the IDF, they will.

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  1. If they are so angry and chant “Down with Hamas” then cooperate with the IDF and pass on information to the IDF which will help them destroy Hamas. Without that help there is no proof of their real feelings.

    • In Iran, the Shah supporters quickly turned pro ayatollah when the ayatollah took over the government. Similarly, the Gazans’s opinions and actions flow with the prevailing tide. Now that they see Hamas’s future in danger, they of course are anti-Hamas,

      Mossad has many in Gaza that are feeding the IDF information. But, I doubt that the typical Gazan that is not well compensated by Mossad will turn from “look there is a Jew hiding behind that tree,” to “look, Hamas has amassed troops in a tunnel with its entrance in that hospital and exits over there waiting to ambush a cluster of IDF troops.”

      My belief is that the Gazans have been so indoctrinated against Israel from the age of 5 or six, that it will take a new generation to act normally and ethically in a civilized society. The Japanese were pretty bitter towards the Americans after WWII, and it took well into the 1970’s for truly normal relations to solidify. The surviving Gazans will have to live under Israeli military rule for a while, and have severe pressure exerted to adopt Christian values (or at least to abide by the Noahide Laws) so that their religion does not advocate kill-kill-kill, 24/7.

      • Actually manythousands were executed by the new regime. That is what is what fascists and communists do, eliminate all opposition

  2. We need some conro on the Humnitrin aid. Turn the resoknsibility to the Unitede Sttes QuarterasterC orpsl. Theyare experts in distributing food and supliesand are armed. They an shoot any Hamasd that triesw to confiscate the aid. KEN

  3. Saying that as they pass along by the IDF is assurance that the IDF won’t see them as being members of hamas.
    Some may want hamas to go down….others may be using the phrase to escape being punished for their part in the slaughter.

  4. Free free palestine!………..from Hamas

    I believe that’s what the IDF are doing….

  5. I’ll believe it when they actually root out Hamas.

    It’s sad to see the complete ignorance of popular YouTube commentators who think that a number of Western nations de-funding UNRWA over some of its members participating in the 10/7 massacre, is excessive.

    They don’t realize that the UNRWA ran the schools, provided the texts, and funded TV programs that taught Palestinian children to hate Israelis and plan, when adults, to kill them. UNRWA was a preparatory school for Hamas. UNRWA should be considered a terrorist-supporting organization and never permitted anywhere inside of Israel or Palestinian areas.

  6. Hopefully this is not a one-off affair. If it escalates, it may be bad news for Hamas as well for ‘pro-Palestine’ pushers whose true agenda (not immediate demand of Hamas’ release of hostages to save lives) seems to be maintaining Palestinian hatred of Jews while they insidiously, repugnantly form stronger bonds with Hamas to arouse international condemnation of Israel.

    But all the factors over there are so ‘intermeshed’ and so changeable who really knows who is doing what and why. And I feel the average person just cannot can a good grasp of the situation due to the volatile, sporadic, constantly changing behaviour of Palestinians, who seem to change allegiances from moment to moment as readily as their feelings change so quickly from joy, to hate, rage to malice and suffering.

    In any case, from now on I will not put a high degree of trust in YouTube ( Westman) anymore and will not assume today that all Palestinians want to get rid of Hamas (Somehistory) based purely on the protest shown today. I have to guard against my own naivety!

    • Mind watch says,

      “…Palestinians, who seem to change allegiances from moment to moment as readily as their feelings change so quickly from joy, to hate, rage to malice and suffering.”

      Sounds like mass borderline personality disorder.

  7. Gazans may say “down with Hamas”, but never say “peace with Israel”. Muslims fight among themselves to get power, but all of them want to kill non muslims.

    • Most Muslims I knew in North Africa and the Levant were decent. More family-oriented and hospitable than some Europeans.
      Abu Bintain

  10. If the boot was on the other foot and it was Hamas that was bombing the shit out of Israel. The very same people that are chanting “down with Hamas” would be out in the streets praising Hamas, and baying for more and more Jewish blood.

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