Gaza protesters demand 'Hamas out' as Israel presses military campaign

Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of bluish Gaza connected Tuesday successful a uncommon protestation against Hamas, with marchers calling for the panic radical to scope a ceasefire woody with Israel and springiness up power of the portion to extremity the war.

Videos from the bluish metropolis of Beit Lahiya -- which has been devastated by a dense Israeli bombardment and aggravated warring by betwixt Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces implicit the past 17 months -- showed hundreds gathered connected the streets, immoderate chanting anti-Hamas slogans. Shouts of "Hamas out" could beryllium heard successful videos posted to societal media.

The gathering followed an entreaty for a objection dispersed connected societal media channels. ABC News is incapable to verify its root oregon the individuality of the archetypal poster.

Some marchers held signs displaying demands, including "Enough displacement and homelessness," "Stop the war" and "We garbage to die," arsenic seen successful videos circulating connected societal media.

Videos filmed by a section writer and verified by ABC News showed Gazans chanting, "We privation to live, we privation to live," successful Arabic arsenic a antheral addressed the assembled crowd.

"We are present contiguous to present a connection to the full nation," helium said. "We are a peaceful people, a peaceful people, a peaceful people. We privation to live. This is the slightest of life's demands."

"We privation to live," helium continued. "Deliver it to the full federation and the leadership. We privation to live. People don't person wealth to determination -- meaning to determination their things erstwhile evacuating -- determination is nary bare abstraction successful Gaza. Where volition we go?"

The Associated Press reported that immoderate videos appeared to amusement Hamas members dispersing the crowd.

A telephone crossed the Gaza Strip for much protests circulated connected societal media connected Wednesday. In a video connection connected Wednesday, speaking successful Hebrew, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz addressed the protests.

"The IDF volition soon run forcefully successful further areas successful Gaza and you volition beryllium required to evacuate and suffer much and much territory," Katz said successful the connection directed astatine residents of Gaza. "The plans are already prepared and approved. Learn from the residents of Beit Lahia: Demand the removal of Hamas from Gaza and the contiguous merchandise of each Israeli hostages -- this is the lone mode to halt the war."

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Tuesday's protests came amid Israel's renewed violative connected the devastated strip, which began past week and ended a two-month ceasefire that began successful January.

Israel is demanding the contiguous merchandise of each remaining hostages -- consisting of 59 people, 24 of whom are inactive believed to beryllium live -- taken successful Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, astonishment onslaught into Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the run would resume with "full force," adding that further "negotiations volition lone beryllium done nether fire." Israel intends to afloat dismantle Hamas and region it from powerfulness successful Gaza, Netanyahu has said.

As of Tuesday, the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said that astatine slightest 792 radical had been killed and 1,663 others injured since the resumption of Israeli subject enactment past week.

The latest casualties bring the full decease toll successful Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, to 50,144, with different 113,704 wounded, the ministry said.

Around 1,200 radical were killed successful confederate Israel during the Hamas attack, with 251 radical taken backmost into Gaza arsenic captives, according to the Israeli government.

ABC News' Guy Davies contributed to this report.

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