TIMES OF ISRAEL
Now in Germany, a Gazan dissident tries to set record straight on Hamas’s brutal regime
Gianlucca Pacchiani
July 23, 2024

In 2019, Gazan activists Hamza Howidy and Amin Abed organized and participated in demonstrations against the harsh living conditions in the impoverished Strip. They were both arrested by Hamas and placed in the same prison cell. Every day, they were subjected to beatings and torture. Last August, Howidy, 26, managed to leave Gaza after another round of protests and another detention. Abed, 35, stayed behind, unable to afford the exorbitant exit fees from the enclave, and unwilling to let his beloved Gaza collapse further under the weight of Hamas’s mismanagement and repression. Even after October 7, Abed refused to remain silent in the face of the devastation that the terror group brought upon Gaza. READ MORE