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Palestinians chant anti-Hamas slogans in rare display of anger with group

Palestinians protest to demand an end to war, chanting anti-Hamas slogans, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday. Photo: Reuters

Palestinians protest to demand an end to war, chanting anti-Hamas slogans, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday. Photo: Reuters

Samy Magdy

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Thousands of Palestinians marched between the wreckage of a heavily destroyed town in northern Gaza yesterday in the second day of anti-war protests, with many chanting against Hamas in a rare display of public anger against the militant group.

The protests, which centred mainly on Gaza’s north, appeared to be aimed generally against the war, with protesters calling for an end to 17 months of deadly fighting with Israel that has made life in Gaza insufferable.

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