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Source: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-gazas-palestinians-from-hamas-db01bd90?mod=opinion_lead_pos7
Free Gaza's Palestinians from Hamas
(Wall Street Journal) Moumen Al-Natour - Two masked Hamas gunmen came to the door of my Gaza City apartment in July and ordered me to report to al-Shifa Hospital for an interrogation. I had been active in the anti-Hamas protests that month. As they do in most Gaza hospitals, Hamas maintains a hidden torture dungeon at al-Shifa. I am familiar with this because I have been arrested by Hamas on 20 occasions and tortured more than once. I knew what complying with the gunmen meant: I would be lucky to leave only with broken bones. During the war, the number of dissidents murdered by Hamas's Arrow Unit enforcers has increased sharply, their bodies dumped in the street or delivered to the front door of their families. A few weeks earlier, Hamas militants tortured local journalist Ahmed al-Masri for joining the protests, breaking his feet and shooting him in the legs. They stabbed activist Uday al-Rubaie to death and hurled his body from a tower. I chose to take my chances by escaping the city, staying on the move in areas no longer held by Hamas. My hope is that this war ends with the end of Hamas's tyranny and the rebirth of Gaza as a place open to peace and prosperity.