Israel National News reports: “Palestinian Arab-American activist Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib published a detailed social media post describing widespread abuses by Hamas, based on conversations he said he held in recent weeks with a broad cross-section of Gaza residents, including humanitarians, anti-Hamas activists, feminists, widows, divorced women, and members of Gaza’s professional class.

Alkhatib wrote that every person he spoke with ‘shared the hardships they have been experiencing as a result of the past two years of a devastating Israeli war that has decimated the coastal enclave.’ He said they reported that conditions have become ‘virtually unlivable’ even after the ceasefire, as residents attempt to rebuild their lives…

Alkhatib wrote that ‘every single one has referenced the horror that Hamas carries out against those who have enough of a platform and dare speak out,’ alleging that the group uses Gaza hospitals as interrogation centers and threatens opponents with ‘rods in their legs’ if they speak out. He wrote that residents accused Hamas of breaking the legs of opponents, kidnapping men, assaulting relatives, and taking detainees to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, and Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis…”