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Source: http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4706/gazan-hamas-war-crimes
Gazans Speak Out on Hamas War Crimes
(Gatestone Institute) Mudar Zahran - Gazans spoke of Hamas atrocities and war crimes implicating Hamas in the civilian deaths of its own people. D said: "There were two major protests against Hamas during the third week of the war. When Hamas fighters opened fire at the protesters in the Beit Hanoun area and the Shijaiya, five were killed instantly. I saw that with my own eyes. Many were injured. A doctor at Shifa hospital told me that 35 were killed at both protests. He went and saw their bodies at the morgue." S, a medical worker, said: "The Israeli army sends warnings to people [Gazans] to evacuate buildings before an attack....Hamas' strict policy, though, was not to allow us to evacuate. Many people got killed, locked inside their homes by Hamas militants. Hamas' official Al-Quds TV regularly issued warnings to Gazans not to evacuate their homes. Hamas militants would block the exits to the places residents were asked to evacuate." K said: "When people stopped listening to Hamas orders not to evacuate and began leaving their homes anyway, Hamas imposed a curfew: anyone walking out in the street was shot without being asked any questions. That way Hamas made sure people had to stay in their homes even if they were about to get bombed." H lost his leg in an Israeli raid. I asked him who was responsible for his injury. "Hamas was. My father received a text-message from the Israeli army warning him that our area was going to be bombed, and Hamas prevented us from leaving....Hamas has fired rockets from every residential spot in Gaza." S said: "Gazans are not in love with Israel yet, but they do not want to fight Israel anymore....We want to live and work in Israel like we used to. We are under Hamas occupation."