Are These the Bravest Protesters in the World?

"The multitudes in Beit Lahia have taken to the streets against the Hamas rule," says the reporter at the start of the video. "What is happening in the Gaza Strip is a catastrophe. The citizens here demand that [Hamas] release the [Israeli] prisoners so that they can stay alive." 

"Hamas demands that the people remain steadfast. How can they remain steadfast when they are dying? Hamas needs to stop what is happening in the Gaza Strip."

These are courageous people. Hamas does not like citizens disagreeing with it, as evidenced by the fate of 22-year-old Uday Rabie.

Rabie helped organize the anti-Hamas protests and demonstrated along with thousands of others in Gaza City. Despite threats from Hamas thugs, he continued his calls for peace and the end of Hamas's control of Gaza. His brother Hassan reports that Hamas took him last Friday.

CNN:

Last Friday, a group of armed men affiliated with the Al-Qassam Brigades kidnapped and then tortured Rabie, Hassan said. The Palestinian man was taken off the street, days after he protested.

“They took him, they kept torturing him,” Hassan told CNN. “They then called me and said: come get your brother.”

“He was still alive” when the militants returned him, Hassan said. Rabie was only wearing underwear and the fighters had him “tied by the neck with a rope, and were dragging him, beating him,” Hassan added.

“They handed him over to me, and told me, in these words: This is the fate of everyone who disrespects Al-Qassam Brigades and speaks ill of them,” Hassan said.

Another leader of the anti-Hamas protesters was Odai Naser Saadi.

🚨 BREAKING: Hamas militias have killed 22-year-old Odai Naser Saadi, one of the leaders of the anti-Hamas protest movement in Gaza.

He was kidnapped, tortured for four hours, and then executed. His body was dumped at the doorstep of his family’s home, with a chilling message:… pic.twitter.com/GfeMpmhljX

— Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) March 29, 2025

Times of Israel:

According to the Kan public broadcaster, partially out of a desire to quash the demonstrations, some senior Hamas members have shown willingness to release a small number of hostages to secure a truce during the Ramadan-ending holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which begins Sunday evening.

Hamas wants to crack down on those participating in the protests but cannot do so due to Israel’s resumed operations in Gaza, as the IDF is targeting terror operatives that it spots out in the open, according to the report.

The family of 22-year-old Odai Nasser Saadi Al-Rubai, who was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by Hamas militias, opened fire during his funeral and vowed to avenge his death.

Mourners turned the funeral into a protest against Hamas, chanting: "Hamas out, out!" pic.twitter.com/snKhFh6ZVH

— Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) March 29, 2025

Those pro-Hamas protesters, safe and sound on U.S. college campuses, only have to worry about being deported back to Gaza. I wonder if they had to go through what Odai Naser Saadi and Uday Rabie endured for their beliefs, would they have been so vocal in calling for the genocide of the Jews?