I published an article on April 4, "Gazans, 'The Bravest People on Earth,' Confront Hamas" about the activities that peaked in late March. The protests continue but the media ignores them, so X provides most information. Here are some captions of recent videos:
Ariel Oseran: "Thousands of Gazans are out in the streets of Jabalia, Northern Gaza, in renewed anti-Hamas protests. Crowds are chanting, 'Hamas are scum, Hamas are terrorists!'"
In Jabalia, Gazans are flooding the streets chanting:
"No siege and no destruction — we want to live with dignity and stability."
"Spread the message: Hamas is garbage."
"Hamas is a terrorist organization."
"Osama Hamdan is a spy."
"Sami Abu Zuhri is a collaborator."
Awdeh TV: "Demonstrations have renewed in the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip that demand an end to the war and the departure of Hamas." (April 7, 2025)
Apr. 8, 2025 update: Bassam Eid:
It's time to listen to the people of Gaza, not the terrorists who control their lives. The ongoing protests against Hamas by the Gazan people are just the beginning. The people of Gaza are well aware that it's not only the captive Israelis but the whole Gazan population who are being used as hostages by these thugs. It's time to listen to the authentic voice of Gaza and set its people free by dismantling Hamas for good.
Apr. 9, 2025 updates: (1)
Gazan anti-Hamas protester Abu Himam Jundiyah is now in hiding because the terror group threatened to hunt him down.
He wants the world to know that he is hanging tough.@JusoorNews
Watch: pic.twitter.com/dWU3SBTUGP
— Center for Peace Communications (@PeaceComCenter) April 9, 2025
(2) Middle East Forum Writing Fellow Amine Ayoub joins the skeptical club, writing in the Jerusalem Post today that "the reality of Hamas's control over Gaza cannot be overstated. Nothing happens there without their knowledge. Spontaneous protests in the middle of a war zone, under the watchful eye of a paranoid regime? That is not how Gaza works. Not unless Hamas allows it – or engineers it."
Why should Hamas play this game? Because the protests do "just enough to distract, just enough to muddy the narrative, just enough to blame Israel or the West for everything falling apart."
My reply: First, Hamas has lost that un-overstatable control over Gaza; it is fighting for its life. Second, solid accounts of Hamas' persecution of the protestors have come out, including their murder; how do those fit the staged theory? Third, Hamas accrues no benefit whatsoever from the protests - they only reinforce the view that it is a brutal, murderous organization and embarrass it on the world stage.
Yes, some operations are false flags - such as the Erdoğan government's colusion with the attempted coup in Türkiye in 2016 - but not Hamas here.
Apr. 16, 2025 updates: (1) Four Washington Post journalists combined forces to write a post-mortem on the anti-Hamas protests, which they write "have now largely petered out, with Gazans attributing the decline to Hamas pressure and the preoccupation of the enclave's besieged residents with searching for food and fleeing Israeli strikes and evacuation orders."
Gazans said that some Palestinians who participated in or posted on social media about the protests got threatening calls or summonses from Hamas's internal security. In local media, anonymous Hamas officials branded the protesters as collaborators with Israel. Several Palestinian journalists told The Washington Post that they felt pressured not to cover the demonstrations because that might distract from the war.
More anti-Hamas quotes: "Human loss doesn't mean anything to Hamas." "The people of Gaza are the last thing they care about."
(2) Maybe that Washington Post obituary was premature? Israel Hayom and others report that protests renewed today:
Anti-Hamas channels reported Wednesday on renewed protests against the terror organization in the Beit Lahia area of northern Gaza, with demonstrators supporting a ceasefire in the war. Social media footage captured masses of protesters in northern Gaza raising signs against the terror organization and chanting, "Hamas out" and "We want to live." The protesters also called out, "Listen, listen, all people. Beit Lahia is not Hamas. Listen, listen, all people, the people are the pillar. Listen, listen, all people. Beit Lahia is the pillar. Ya Zohari, Ya Hamdan, we want to live!"
And these videos, on X:
Protests took place today against Hamas in Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip. The demonstrators are calling for a revolution against Hamas and an end to the war.
Hamas refuses to release the hostages and to lay down its arms, and continues to cause suffering for both Israelis and... pic.twitter.com/BSYvagd5kT
— Oren Marmorstein (@OrenMarmorstein) April 16, 2025Hamas doesn't just use hospitals to plan attacks on Israel; they also use them to torture Gazans who oppose them.
Amin Abed, a former political prisoner under Hamas, explains.@JusoorNews
Watch: pic.twitter.com/QIcHIVmMLJ
— Center for Peace Communications (@PeaceComCenter) April 16, 2025#عاجـــــــــــــل... شمال قطاع غزة ينتفض من جديد ..
— الناشط حمزة المصري (@hamza198708) April 16, 2025
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الان من مدينة بيت لاهيا
.#اوقفوا_الحرب pic.twitter.com/KwJShFW4pmNew mass anti-Hamas, pro-peace demonstrations in northern Gaza! In the first clip, the protesters chant, "Yes to love, no to terrorism, yes to peace." In the second, they chant, "Out out out, Hamas get out." In the third, they say, "Deliver the message, Hamas is all garbage."... pic.twitter.com/3545DS7AhW
— Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib (@afalkhatib) April 16, 2025🟨 شاهد | حماس برا برا ... مسيرات في بيت لاهيا شمال قطاع غزة للمطالبة بإنهاء حكم حماس pic.twitter.com/w9iNe3Uitc
— شبكة يافا الإخبارية (@yaffa_ps) April 16, 2025
Apr. 19, 2025 update: The Center for Peace Communications posted a 5:20-long video on X with a caption:
"All Hamas is trash!"
Anti-Hamas protests are escalating in Gaza — and when the terror group tried desperately to hijack the demonstrations, protesters kicked them out.
