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Hamas deploys armed operative to crush Gaza protests
2026-06-27

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HAMAS DEPLOYS ARMED OPERATIVES TO CRUSH GAZA PROTESTS

Armed Hamas operatives were reportedly deployed across Gaza to prevent anti-Hamas demonstrations, with residents confirming masked gunmen patrolled streets in Deir al-Balah to stop protesters from gathering.

Hamas-affiliated media declared the “Failure of the June 26 Revolution,” after publishing footage of empty protest locations, though small anti-Hamas demonstrations were still reported in Gaza City and parts of northern Gaza.

Bucking threats, hundreds in Gaza seen protesting Hamas for first time in a year

[IsraelTimes] Hundreds of Paleostinians erupted into the streets in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
 Strip on Friday to protest the terror group, footage shared on social media appeared to show.

The demonstrations against Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
 — which functions as the de facto government in the parts of the Strip not controlled by the Israeli military — were planned several weeks in advance, with activists pledging a major turnout on July 26.

But as the date approached, Hamas operatives began issuing threats against Gazooks considering taking part in the protests, which may well have impacted turnout.

Footage appeared to show protesters carrying signs reading, "God willing, Hamas out," "We are not pawns," and "We want to live." In one video, chants of "Enough with the destruction" (of Gaza) could be heard. It was unclear where exactly in the Strip the protests were taking place.

Other footage appeared to show armed Hamas operatives deployed in the streets to prevent demonstrations. None of the footage could be easily verified, and it was not published by the major media outlets in Gaza, which are affiliated with Hamas.

Earlier this week, several Gaza residents told The Times of Israel that Hamas had warned journalists in Gaza not to cover the protests. Instead, major Gazook outlets on Friday published footage showing empty intersections where protests had allegedly been planned, declaring the "Failure of the June 26 Revolution."

A resident of central Gaza confirmed to The Times of Israel that masked men affiliated with Hamas had been present in the streets of Deir al-Balah to prevent protesters from gathering. He also said a small number of people took part in anti-Hamas demonstrations in Gaza City and other parts of northern Gaza, while people stayed home in central Gaza amid Hamas warnings on social media against participating in the rallies. The resident asked not to be named due to concerns for his safety.

A Facebook page titled "June 26 Revolution" had called for demonstrations at 18 different locations across the Strip. The day’s events marked the first organized anti-Hamas protests in Gaza since a wave of demonstrations in the spring and summer of 2025.

One of the protest’s organizers, Abd al-Hamid Abd al-Ati, a Gazook currently living in Cairo, wrote on his Facebook account that "perhaps the June 26 movement did not achieve all that we had hoped for, but the message was delivered, and the cause for which people erupted into the streets remains alive."

Under a US-brokered 20-point plan to end the war, which began with Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Hamas was to disarm and hand over power to a transitional authority, paving the way for an Israeli military pullback and the rebuilding of the enclave, which suffered extensive destruction during the fighting. However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
 those plans have yet to move beyond the initial ceasefire stage due to Hamas’s refusal to give up its weapons and other disagreements over implementation.

Though badly battered, Hamas has maintained enough strength to exercise control over the part of the Strip that the IDF has pulled back from, cementing its hold by executing opponents and others it views as threatening its rule, according to multiple reports.


Translated from Arabic
Gaza, the Pulsating Sound



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