I’m still waiting for someone to point me to truly innocent Gazans, those who, while maybe not happy about it, are willing to “let” Israel live alongside it as a sovereign Jewish state. You know, the ones who reject Hamas ideology.

I doubt an innocent civilian Gazan is to be found in the crowd cheering in the “X” post below — as Hamas lights its own kind of “fire crackers” and launches them toward the skies of central and southern Israel to mark the New Year.

Listen 🔊 to Palestinians in Gaza celebrating as tens of rockets are fired by Hamas towards Israeli cities minutes ago 👇

The #FAFO they had in 2023 wasn't enough for these “innocent civilians”… pic.twitter.com/YRtY2XRwZp

— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) December 31, 2023

We don’t want to believe controversial anti-Islamic activist Brigitte Gabriel, do we? A Maronite Christian from Lebanon, surely she is biased against the Moslems who attacked her village when she was a child. She equates the entire civilian population in Gaza as Hamas.

Hamas ARE the Palestinians in Gaza. That's the reality. pic.twitter.com/x2UENjKjRc

— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) November 18, 2023

Maybe we can understand how Mia Schem would say all Gazan civilians are Hamas (here) as she was held in inhumane conditions in the home of a Gazan family.for 54 days. She tells of being held in a tiny room alone with a terrorist for 24/7, not allowed to cry or talk or move on threat of being sent to the tunnels, afraid he would rape her or kill her, His kids would open the door and look at her and laugh at her. She was unable to sleep with the terrorist watching over her. She could hear the Israeli strikes and that did not scare her.

Suddenly, it all went quiet and she understood something had changed. That was when the temporary ceasefire began and she was moved to another place, joining other hostages, all waiting for their turn to go home.

On her way to the checkpoint, she had a camera shoved in her face and was told to say how kind the Gazans were to her.

'I can't believe i'm here, at home'

Freed Israeli hostage Mia Schem recounts the horrors she endured in #Hamas captivity pic.twitter.com/aIL8ERCzqW

— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) December 31, 2023

What about the family that watched over Doron and her daughters?

Former hostage, Doron Katz-Asher who was held in Gaza with her daughters ages five and two, shares their story. When they were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz, Doron was shot in the back. She was taken to an apartment in Gaza where surgery was done on her on the couch, without anesthetic, and as her young daughters watched.

In the days that followed, they were guarded by a Gazan family. The father spoke Hebrew because he used to work in Israel. After two weeks, they were moved to a hospital where they were kept for over a month with seven other hostages. There was barely any food, and whatever they were given, she mostly gave to the children.

Doron and her daughters are back in Israel now, but the girls still speak about the horrors.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1736177088103694756

And what can we say about the doctor who refused to treat Ofilia Roitma’s gunshot wound because she is a Jew, or about the couple who held her and barely fed her in spite of having a lot to each themselves?

https://twitter.com/i/status/1735999994975424583

While I wouldn’t use the colourful language Aviva Klompas uses, she does make a reasonable point.

The men who shot and abducted Yarden Bibas, along with his wife and two young children, aren’t wearing uniforms.

So kindly fuck off and stop telling us that Gazans dressed in civilian clothes can’t possibly be terrorists pic.twitter.com/IgYUtyuuYj

— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) December 13, 2023

And  the men dragging this hostage off to wherever they will hold her captive? Are any of them wearing a uniform?

Help to identify this #abused #kidnapped #Israeli #woman #hostage to help #IDF bring her home from #Gaza
Mohammed Zaanoun #photojournalist knows where #Hamas keeps hostages. 1st week of December pictures and videos were deleted from his m. z. gaza #Instagram @BringHershHome pic.twitter.com/mNH75iAQwG

— SHALOM ERETZ ISRAEL שלום ארץ ישראל 🎗 (@SHALOMERETZ) December 31, 2023

Now listen to this short interview to see the fortitude and resilience of our people. Moran Stela Yanai showed amazing resourcefulness in coping with the inhumane conditions of her captivity.

But note, as well, that she says people were invited to see what they had caught. Who among those people were innocent Gazan civilians?

'I was a trophy. They invited people from the outside to see what they caught'

Moran Stela Yanai recounts what helped her survive 54 hellish days in Gaza with sadistic captors intent on humilating her: pic.twitter.com/Lkdd12By5A

— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) December 23, 2023

As I was saying, can you find any innocent Gazans here? Calling out ‘Death to Israel’ and praying for the martyrs….

“Innocent Gazans” cry a river to the sea over the bodies of Qhamas members taken out by IDF pic.twitter.com/SdnjVcAnqd

— Michael W (@Michael_Wgd) December 28, 2023

While the parade in the following post took place two years ago, is there evidence of innocent Gazans who do not agree with Hamas’s goals?

⚠️Members of Hamas' armed wing parade in Gaza City in 2021.

Please tell me that those around them are just innocent and helpless Gazans.
The children pass by and shake their hands. All the Gazans around them look at them like heroes.

Enough with the bullshit. Truth prevailed. pic.twitter.com/wbuJcZu0Ge

— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) December 30, 2023

When I see someone reject the Hamas dogma, then I will see an innocent Gazan. Problem is, do I believe that person did not support Hamas before we rendered Gaza uninhabitable? Not really. Do I believe that, if an Israeli who helped Gazans and then experienced the incredible betrayal of Oct 7th can recognize that the Gazans are not our friends, can a Gazan have second thoughts and recognize the fact that Israelis can be their friends or at least neighbours? I doubt it.

So I’m still looking for an innocent Gazan. Maybe it is that innocent child who can still be re-educated/de-Nazified. Maybe.

Feature Image credit: Screenshot from “X” post in this article.

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