Gazan refugees in Antwerp, Belgium, in an explosive interview by the Israeli outlet N12 News, made shocking statements.

One suggested that it would be a good idea for Israel, rather than Hamas or the Palestinian Authority, to take control of Gaza and that unarmed civilians should be allowed to leave for their own safety until the takeover is completed.

“Every day a Hamas leader is killed,” another said. “How long can Hamas hold the people hostage? Just how high a price is Hamas willing to pay on our behalf?” Later in the interview, he said that while in Gaza, he saw a Hamas terrorist assembling a rocket launcher in front of his apartment building and told him to move, saying that he was putting 95 human beings at risk. The man moved the rocket launcher, but that night the Gazan was visited by Hamas thugs, who beat him for interfering with the “resistance.”

When another Gazan was asked how he viewed Hamas, he said, “I view Hamas as an entity holding two million human beings hostage alive in Gaza. Any of them who dare to speak their mind or say anything at all will lose their lives immediately.”

These statements reflect growing dissatisfaction and disillusionment with the terror group, whose Oct. 7 massacre of Israelis unleashed a wave of death and destruction on Gaza the likes of which it had never before imagined. As one Gazan said, as soon as he heard the news of Oct. 7, he was devastated, knowing that Israel would launch a massive retaliatory campaign against Hamas that would exact a terrible toll on Gaza.

The people of Gaza who are sick and tired of Hamas are showing their disgust in different ways. Recent protests broke out in what activists termed the “June 26 Revolution,” named for the date they were scheduled to begin. A video showed a man leading children in chants expressing how much they hate Hamas and blaming Hamas for putting them in tents. And another video showed Gazan amputees shouting at journalists for not doing their jobs and reporting what’s really going on.