Disturbing footage circulating this week depicts Hamas militants brutalizing residents, stealing property, and indiscriminately shooting civilians in the Gaza Strip, underscoring the terror group's unrelenting grip on the coastal enclave.
In one video, gunmen dressed in civilian clothing are seen confiscating a tent from a woman and child at a refugee camp, purportedly to establish a "prayer tent." On social media, outrage erupted: "They are free to punish people with or without reason. Whoever is not with them is against them."
Video: Arab social media
Other clips show masked Hamas operatives forcing Gazans against walls, blindfolded with black cloth, before shooting them in the legs, allegedly for theft - all as spectators shout "Allahu Akbar" (God is great). One video captures a voice pleading, "Muhammad, stop," but the militant fires at the bound, blindfolded man regardless.
Video: Arab social media
The brutal street violence has sparked fury online. "How can those stealing aid conduct extrajudicial punishments? Those taking 30 percent from every supply truck, those who brought war upon us... A day will come when we settle accounts for 17 wasted years... Oh, the bastards..." read one comment.
Amid the unrest, opponents of Hamas have circulated a satirical video portraying the group's leader, Yahya Sinwar, donning a Nazi uniform and Adolf Hitler's distinctive hairstyle. The clip, from the Al-Manahal Telegram channel opposed to Hamas, mocks Sinwar for bringing the "Soleimani Deluge" upon Gaza – a reference to the "Al-Aqsa Deluge" offensive on October 7, named after Iran's slain Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, who aided Hamas' militarization over the years. The video accuses Sinwar of leading Gazans to their deaths and "fleeing like a cowardly rat," highlighting Gaza's dire situation as Hamas' authoritarian rule persists in the wake of the conflict with Israel.
