Some Gazans have criticized the militant group Hamas, which rules the besieged and conflict-ravaged Palestinian territory, for failing to end the war with Israel that has devastated their lives.
Hamas has “led the Palestinian people into a war of annihilation,” said Umm Ala, 67, who has been displaced twice during more than eight months of war between Hamas-led Palestinian militants and Israel.
“If the Hamas leaders were interested in ending this war and ending the suffering of the Palestinian people, they would have agreed (to a deal),” added Umm Ala, who has now sought refuge in Khan Younis, the main city in the southern Gaza Strip.
Mediators the United States, Egypt and Qatar are once again engaged in negotiations with Israel and Hamas to try to finalize a deal to end the war.