Hamas claims growing Gaza protests are actually aimed at Israel not against its rule
The Times of Israel by Nurit Yohanan 27 March 2025

Extracts:

• dictators and terrorists — the landslide victors

Israel has vowed to escalate the war until Hamas returns the 59 hostages it still holds — 24 of them believed to be alive

Israel is also demanding that the group,
1. give up power, disarm
2. and send its leaders into exile

Hamas has said it will only release the remaining captives,
1. in exchange for Palestinian prisoners
2. a complete end to war
3. and an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza

Hamas won a landslide victory! in Gaza in the last Palestinian elections, held in 2006 !Same as!
Hamas seized power in Gaza from the Palestinian Authority PA which is based in the West Bank and dominated by the secular Fatah movement, the following year after months of factional unrest and a week of heavy street battles

Rights groups say both the Palestinian Authority and Hamas,
1. violently suppress dissent
2. quashing protests, in the areas they control
3. and jailing and torturing critics