More Palestinians are calling for Hamas to leave power — and the terror group is responding with horrific violence

More Palestinians are calling on Hamas to lead power and end the war with Israel after nearly two years of fighting — but the terror group is responding with extreme violence, reportedly executing critics inside the Gaza Strip, according to grassroots groups.

Moumen al-Natour, the co-founder of the We Want to Live movement in Gaza, said opposition against Hamas has grown since the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack that kicked off the war, with Palestinians rallying to demand an end to the terror group’s nearly 20-year rule.

“There used to be some opposition to Hamas, but after the attack and the consequences that followed, more and more people in Gaza despise them,” Al-Natour told Fox News Digital.

Al-Natour, who is also the president of Palestinian Youth for Development, said the war has completely swayed public opinion against Hamas within Gaza, given that nearly its entire population of two million has been diplaced in the 21 months of fighting.

The public outrage against Hamas was made evident during the mass protests in March, where hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets to demand that the terror group end the war.

The protests, however, were short-lived after the cease-fire talks collapsed and Israel restarted its war campaign in Gaza, with Hamas rejecting any deal that did not result in permanent peace with the Jewish state.

Since then, Al-Natour claimed that Hamas has taken extreme action to silence any voice of opposition, with the community organizer forced into hiding to avoid torture and death.

“Hamas recently released a video showing members of the Al-Qassam Brigades executing people,” he told Fox of Hamas’ military wing.

“They publicly threatened anyone who speaks out against them, saying they would treat them as enemies,” he added. “I’m moving from place to place, hiding because I don’t want to be killed or even paralyzed.”

Mkhaimer Abusada, a Gazan political analyst based in Cairo, said more Palestinians are now calling for Hamas to accept a cease-fire deal and include other local groups in negotiating the terms.

“Negotiating solely with Hamas doesn’t help,” he told Fox. “Hamas people don’t care about death. They think if they die, they go to paradise.”

Hamas has signaled that it is willing to cede control of the Gaza Strip in exchange for an end to the war that has claimed the lives of more than 60,000 Palestinians, according to the enclave’s Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health, which does not differentiate between terrorists and civilians.

Hamas, however, is not willing to demilitarize until Palestinian statehood is achieved, a condition long-rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu has said the war will continue until Hamas is eradicated, the Gaza Strip demilitarized, and a new branch of local leaders are put in place to run the enclave, all while under military occupation.