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Source: https://www.newsweek.com/my-fellow-gazans-we-must-demand-release-israeli-hostages-opinion-1863290
Gazans Must Demand the Release of the Israeli Hostages
(Newsweek) Hamza Howidy - How could a person convince himself that kidnapping women in their 80s and little children is some kind of noble "resistance"? I remember 16 years ago when I was a child in Gaza and Hamas supporters were celebrating their victory in taking control of Gaza from Fatah. I remember Fatah detainees being dragged by Hamas members on motorcycles with signs of torture on their bodies. I remembered Hamas members firing dozens of bullets into their bodies from their AK-47s. I remembered Bahaa Balousha's three children who were under the age of 10, who were killed by masked men because their dad was a Fatah member. This is who Hamas has always been. They were not better to their own people than they were to the innocent Israelis they massacred. They are psychopaths. I organized protests against Hamas and was imprisoned and tortured. Then I managed to leave Gaza. If we don't speak out about the atrocities Hamas has committed, if we don't speak up on behalf of the Israeli hostages, we are allowing Hamas to paint the entire population of Gaza as a group of terrorists who celebrated Hamas' crimes. Don't forget that Gaza is still full of innocent Hamas hostages who are Palestinians.