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Weary Gazans Have a Message for Hamas: End the War Now
(Wall Street Journal) Abeer Ayyoub - Half a dozen people in Gaza reached by the Wall Street Journal all had a consistent message: Hamas should accept the U.S.-brokered deal. Alaa Khalil, 49, a mother of six who lives in a tent camp in Gaza, said in an interview she supported Hamas before the war. Her husband worked in the Hamas government's finance ministry and was detained by Israel when the conflict started. But Hamas's conduct during the war has led her to question the group's decision-making and leadership. "I don't feel like our suffering matters to them, I am very upset by their statements," Khalil said. Eman Badah, 31, said she wonders what Hamas thought would happen when it launched the 2023 attacks, why it didn't prepare and what it thinks could be gained from further fighting.