Hundreds of Palestinians have staged rare protests in northern Gaza, demanding an end to the war and expressing anger at Hamas amid worsening humanitarian conditions.
Hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza have taken to the streets for a second consecutive day in rare protests against Hamas, calling for an end to the war with Israel.
The public demonstrations began on Tuesday in the northern town of Beit Lahiya, where around 3,000 people gathered in defiance of the militant group’s rule.
Senior Hamas official Basem Naim acknowledged people's right to protest the hardships caused by the war but condemned what he described as "suspicious political agendas" taking advantage of the unrest.
Northern Gaza has suffered some of the worst destruction during the conflict, with much of its infrastructure destroyed and large numbers of residents displaced.
This rare expression of dissent comes more than a week after the Israeli military resumed airstrikes, ending nearly two months of a truce.
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