Anti-Hamas slogans shouted at a Gaza protest against the war in a rare show of dissent

Anti-Hamas slogans were shouted by some protesters as hundreds of people gathered in northern Gaza to call for an end to the war.

In a rare show of dissent, anti-Hamas slogans were shouted by some protesters as hundreds of people gathered in northern Gaza to call for an end to the war.

Demonstrators could be seen calling for Hamas to go “outside,” in one video verified by NBC News which showed scores of people amassed in the city of Beit Lahia on Tuesday.

Most were calling for an end to the 17-month-long conflict and Israel's military offensive, which has seen more than 50,000 people killed in the Hamas-run enclave since Oct. 7, 2023, according to Palestinian health officials. Israel launched its offensive in the Gaza Strip after the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attacks, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 250 taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies. 

“We don’t want destruction; we don’t want war; we want to live,” one man can be heard saying in another video shared on social media and verified by NBC News in the city of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza on Tuesday.

Children were also pictured carrying signs saying “We refuse to die” at the rally in the city, much of which has been reduced to rubble during the conflict.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/anti-hamas-slogans-gaza-protest-war-israel-ceasefire-rcna198125

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