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The International Media Is Ignoring Any Stories About Hamas’ Brutality in Gaza and Public Opposition

Pro-Hamas protesters outside the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Photo: Ron Sachs via Reuters Connect

Much of the international media discourse on the Israel-Hamas war emphasizes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s supposed refusal to develop or discuss what the “day after” will look like in Gaza once Israel completes one of its war goals, and eliminates Hamas’ military wing.

What the media hasn’t told audiences is that Hamas has reportedly murdered clan members it sees as either “collaborators” with Israel, or a threat to its rule of the Strip after the war, in three separate purges since December.

The latest of these victims were members of the Doghmush clan, which has some Hamas ties itself. It would seem that Hamas is killing its own out of desperation.

As the “day after” is currently one of the biggest questions regarding the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, until recently, there have been no direct details divulged.

Israeli media have, however, reported that clan members have begun to speak out about how the IDF has been in touch with them to request they provide security to aid convoys. Reports by The Times of Israel, YnetNews, and Reuters state that those who spoke out explicitly stated that they rejected working with Israel or against Hamas.

Another Reuters article from March despicably portrays clans as rallying around Hamas, even rival Fatah supporters, in order to protect humanitarian aid because Hamas members could not expose themselves in the open. But their reasons for this were more likely agenda-driven, as it has been discovered that aid was being resold in markets to Gazans for a price.

The Times of Israel reports that not only were these families asked for help to protect aid, but were potentially approached to take civil control of certain areas of Gaza. While this doesn’t seem like a fully formed “day after” plan, it seems to be the beginning of Israel’s search for one. But now, much of the mainstream media is ignoring it.

The fatal flaw, however, is that Hamas have threatened these families and anyone else who “colludes” with Israel. As stated above, they have even been murdering some they accuse of being collaborators. Many of them also do not want to be associated with Israel, due to their own beliefs and affiliations.

WSJ Reports a More Detailed “Day After”

An in-depth piece by The Wall Street Journal goes into more detail about a Netanyahu-backed plan still in the works:

Netanyahu, in rare comments addressing the issue last week, said the government would soon begin a phased plan to establish a civil administration run by local Palestinians in areas of the north—ultimately, he said he hopes, with security help from Arab states.

The plan, as the WSJ writes, “aims to work with local Palestinians who are unaffiliated with Hamas,” and will involve creating “bubble” zones in northern Gaza. Locals will take on “civic duties” and hand out humanitarian aid, with a “coalition of US and Arab states” tasked to overlook the process.

Although the WSJ writes that this plan may be difficult due to Hamas’ vow to “resist” any Israeli plan to “sever any hand of the occupation attempting to tamper with the destiny and future of our people,” they may not have so much leverage after all.

BBC is Right: Public Outcry Against Hamas is Getting Louder in Gaza

A BBC article reveals growing public outcry against Hamas.

Shortly after Israel’s hostage rescue mission on June 8, this video went viral of a bloodied Palestinian doctor from Nuseirat. Now, like many others, he blames Hamas for bringing death and destruction to the Gaza Strip.

Really touching
A man, after losing some of his family members yesterday, is not afraid to say it as it is!
The Hamas leadership is nothing but filthy terrorists.

Please share, he risked alot by saying this. Praying for his safety. pic.twitter.com/7ot4aysapK

— Yahya Mahamid محاميد (@3moYahya) June 10, 2024

It must be noted that a second video shows him finishing by condemning Israel as well.

This is just one of the many people who are fed up with Hamas’ rule, including some Hamas members themselves. One member who spoke to the BBC even called the October 7 massacre and resulting war a “crazy, uncalculated leap” that the terror group made without considering security for the “homefront” — with shelters, food and fuel reserves, and medical supplies:

Some have publicly criticised Hamas for hiding the hostages in apartments near a busy marketplace, or for firing rockets from civilian areas. Residents have told the BBC that swearing and cursing against the Hamas leadership is now common in the markets, and that some drivers of donkey carts have even nicknamed their animals after the Hamas leader in Gaza – Yahya Sinwar.

The BBC deserves credit for leaving its anti-Israel comfort zone and covering this topic in-depth. If the BBC can go the extra mile, then there’s really no excuse for other international media to ignore what could ultimately be a significant development for Gaza’s future.

The author is a contributor to HonestReporting, a Jerusalem-based media watchdog with a focus on antisemitism and anti-Israel bias — where a version of this article first appeared.

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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.

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