The group has abused hostages and Palestinians in its efforts to maintain control of Gaza and wage an insurgent war.

Early this summer, Amin Abed, a Palestinian activist who has spoken out publicly about Hamas, twice found bullets on his doorstep in northern Gaza.

Then in July, he said he was attacked by Hamas security operatives, who covered his head and dragged him away before repeatedly striking him with hammers and metal bars.

“At any moment, I can be killed by the Israeli occupation, but I can face the same fate at the hands of those who’ve been ruling us for 17 years,” he said in a phone interview from his hospital bed, referring to Hamas. “They almost killed me, those killers and criminals.”

  • @PugJesusEnglish
    35•2 months ago

    The unfortunate fact is that Hamas’s brutality is rightly put on the back burner until Israel’s current level of genocide is no longer killing hundreds of people per day.

    • FuglyDuckEnglish
      10•2 months ago

      It’s likely that if Israel stops and leaves Palestinians alone (including not meddling in their politics!); hamas will get taken care of by Palestinians themselves.

      Israel’s actions are what gave hamas power (funding during the last election, a decade or two ago,) and what keep them in power (genocide.)