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‘All Hamas, Out!’ New Round of Palestinian Protests Erupt in Gaza Against Ruling Terror Group
Palestinians protest to demand an end to war, chanting anti-Hamas slogans, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, March 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
Anti-Hamas protests erupted in the Gaza Strip for a third straight day on Wednesday, after indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group in Qatar failed to yield any breakthroughs.
Since Monday, hundreds of protesters in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis have taken to the streets to rally against Hamas, which has ruled the war-torn Palestinian enclave for nearly two decades, and to call for an end to the war with Israel, as captured in footage shared by local news outlets and widely circulated on social media.
According to local reports, protests spread across multiple neighborhoods in Khan Younis, with many demonstrators demanding that Hamas give up control of Gaza.
Anti-Hamas protests in Gaza continue for the third day in a row, and their chants remain unchanged: “All Hamas out, out.”
Stand with these brave people. Don’t abandon them. Be their voices—the voices the world needs to hear. pic.twitter.com/fRFw40t1YD
— Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) May 21, 2025
Protesters had similarly gathered in Khan Younis, a long-time Hamas stronghold, on Monday and Tuesday demanding, “All of Hamas, out!”
INCREDIBLE: For the second day in a row, massive anti-Hamas protests continue in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
Preparations are underway in Gaza for what is expected to be the largest anti-Hamas protest across the entire Strip.
DOWN WITH HAMAS! pic.twitter.com/oUfNit2HjO
— Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) May 20, 2025
This week’s protests against the terrorist group in Gaza are the first in several weeks, coming after a series of demonstrations in northern parts of the Strip in March and April.
During the first wave of protests in the early spring, thousands of Palestinians across the enclave took to the streets to protest against Hamas, calling for an end to the war and condemning the terrorist group’s rule.
Hamas, an internationally designated terrorist group and offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, violently eliminated its Palestinian opposition in a brief conflict in 2007, taking full control of Gaza after winning legislative elections the prior year.
In footage circulated on social media, demonstrators were seen in the first round of demonstrations chanting slogans such as “Down with Hamas, we’ve had enough,” “For God’s sake, Hamas out,” “We want an end to the war,” and “Hamas terrorists.”
BREAKING: Anti-Hamas protests have erupted again today in Khan Yunis, Gaza, with crowds chanting “We want to live” in rejection of Hamas’ strategy to sacrifice them all. pic.twitter.com/WGmNuGlBoQ
— Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) May 20, 2025
At the time, several prominent activists and social media influencers had gone missing, with local reports indicating that some were being tortured and killed.
The Palestinian terrorist group accused Israel of inciting the demonstrations and warned of punishment for those involved.
According to local reports, Hamas had been persecuting Palestinians who participated in such protests, executing six individuals and publicly beating others.
The Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) released a poll earlier this month showing that nearly half of Gazans support the anti-Hamas protests.
The terrorist group has a history of violently attacking those it considers to be “collaborators” with Israel. Earlier this year, the terrorist group executed 11 people for allegedly doing so in what its aligned media termed a “punishment of bullets.”
مسيرات ضخمة تخرج الان في كافة مناطق وشوارع خانيونس جنوب قطاع غزة تطالب بايقاف الحرب بشكل فوري وباي ثمن #اوقفوا_الحرب pic.twitter.com/sWWCuXWh9l
— زاهر ابو حسين (@ZAHERABUHUSIEN) May 19, 2025
While Hamas is trying to silence dissent and crack down on the demonstrations, the group is also confronting Israel’s renewed operations as the Israeli military targets terrorist operatives in the territory.
Earlier this week, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued a wide evacuation order for all of Khan Younis, declaring the area a “combat zone” ahead of what it called an “unprecedented attack” aimed at dismantling terrorist infrastructure and pressuring Hamas to release the remaining Israeli hostages still being held by the Islamist group.
As part of its ongoing ground offensive dubbed “Gideon’s Chariots,” Israel’s military has struck over 670 Hamas targets in Gaza over the past week.
Tensions on the ground intensified after ceasefire negotiations between the Jewish state and the Palestinian terrorist group in Qatar stalled without yielding any progress.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the recent talks in Doha covered a potential truce and hostage exchange, along with a proposal to end the war in exchange for the exile of Hamas terrorists and the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip — terms that Hamas has previously rejected.
The latest PCPSR poll from earlier this month found that the perception that Hamas would win the war has dropped precipitously since it began. Just 23 percent of Gazans said they think Hamas will win the current war, while 29 percent responded they think Israel will win, and 46 percent put neither side will win. In contrast, 50 percent of Gazans thought Hamas would win back in December 2023, while 31 percent thought Israel would win.
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.