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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/26/gaza-protest-hamas/
Amid Rubble of Gaza, Protesters Decry Hamas
(Washington Post) Abbie Cheeseman - Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza marched through neighborhoods reduced to rubble chanting against Hamas for a second day Wednesday. Videos show some people chanting: "Hamas out," amid wider calls from hundreds of demonstrators for an end to the war. Saeed Kilani, one of the protesters, said, "The chants of 'Hamas out' does not mean that we want to eliminate Hamas, nor that we have the ability to do so, nor that we are against Hamas. Hamas exists in every family, even among those in the streets - some of whom are members of Hamas....[But] Hamas's management of the negotiations is flawed, inadequate and has not brought us security or safety. We demand that this responsibility be transferred to another party. We do not care who that party is." Ibrahim Hajjaj, 22, a freelance videographer, said he saw "intense anger" on display in Shejaiya on Wednesday. "It seems that the protesters, although called for by notables and mukhtars, were completely spontaneous and express the voice of the people on the Gazan street." They "expressed their rejection of Hamas's approach to negotiations and demanded to stop the bloodshed at all costs."