Gazans against Hamas: “May God take revenge on Hamas. We want you [Israelis] to rule here”
Woman 1: "The situation is difficult, may God take revenge on those who uprooted us and killed us in our homes."
Channel 12 reporter Ohad Hemo: "Who killed you?"
Woman 1: "Hamas killed us. Hamas wounded me and killed us. Hamas."
Hemo: "Is Hamas responsible for everything we see here?"
Woman 1: "It's all Hamas, Hamas."
Hemo: "All the destruction?"
Woman 1: "All the destruction is on Hamas, Hamas."
Woman 2: "May God take revenge on Hamas."
Hemo: "What?"
Woman 2: "May God settle accounts with Hamas. May God take revenge on Hamas. They destroyed our lives. We want you [Israelis] to rule here, we do not want Hamas. The entire people hates Hamas."
Hemo: "If you speak against Hamas, what will happen?"
Woman 2: "They will kill us. Hamas are terrorists. All of you, say it together with me: 'Hamas are terrorists.'"
Crowd: "Hamas are terrorists."
Woman 3: "Hamas has ruined our lives. We are a poor people. Hamas has eaten us up. Hamas has taken our [humanitarian] aid, they have taken everything. Hamas' wicked government. Hamas are terrorists. Exterminate Hamas from the world! We are with you! We are with you! We are with you!"
Hemo: "You are with us? In other words, with Israel."
Woman 3: "With Israel, all good things come from you. My husband worked for you, all the good is with you, you are the blessing."
Hemo: "What about the resistance and Hamas who are supposedly defending you?"
Woman 3: " You are in the right! We do not want Hamas, let Hamas' rule fall. If I see a Hamas member, I will kill him. I swear I was happy when you assassinated Sinwar, who destroyed and killed our children… With Allah's help you will destroy them. Continue to the end, until you eliminate them." …
Child: "May God take revenge on Hamas, may an F-16 missile from the Jews come at them. The Jews are better. Hamas caused a Nakba to us. Hamas are sons of bitches. May the Jews kill you. The Jews are better than you. The Jews give us food, bring us everything, allow us a humanitarian corridor."
Woman 4: "May God take revenge on Hamas, and the cursed day they came to us, slaughter them! Slaughter Hamas! Kill them. We do not want them."
Hemo: "But Hamas is part of you, they are Palestinians."
Woman 4: "Hamas are Shi'ites, Hamas are murderers, Hamas are bloodsuckers."
Man 3: "Hamas are sons of bitches, this is an ISIS terror organization, even more difficult than ISIS. Screw their sisters. Screw the corpse of Sinwar's sister. Brother of a bitch. Hamas shot us."
Hemo: "Hamas shot you?"
Hemo: "They shot you in the leg?"
Man 3: "Yeah, to steal our aid, the sons of bitches. We have nothing to eat. They steal everything, the sons of bitches, and hide."
Man 3: "Five months ago an aid package came to me and they stole it. They shot me because I want to eat and bring food to my kids."
Man 2: "We want an Israeli civilian government to rule the Gaza Strip."
[Channel 12 (Israel), Nov. 10, 2024]
In November 2024, when the Gaza war launched by Hamas had lasted for more than a year, Israeli journalist Ohad Hemo entered the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip and interviewed Gazans about Hamas. This video shows some of their statements.