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Under the White Coats, the Knives: Gaza’s Hidden Slaughterhouses Revealed
While international talks focus on rebuilding, Hamas is sending a chilling message: challenge us, and you'll end up in our slaughterhouses. It's a reminder that replacing such a regime won't come through diplomacy alone, but by confronting the terror it inflicts on its own people.
As the world fixates on grand debates about Gaza's future, reconstruction plans, multinational forces, and the so-called "day after," a far darker reality is unfolding on the ground. Fresh testimonies from inside the Gaza Strip reveal that Hamas is waging a ruthless internal crackdown, torturing and even murdering its own people to crush any hint of dissent.
A courageous Gaza human rights activist, now in exile and relying on trusted sources still inside, has exposed how Hamas has turned parts of Khan Younis into what locals grimly call "slaughterhouses," brutal interrogation and torture centres. One of the most horrific sites, according to these accounts, operates in tunnels directly beneath Nasser Hospital. Detainees, often from powerful local clans or simply those daring to criticise Hamas rule, face unimaginable physical and psychological abuse: beatings, fingernail extractions, and in many cases, execution or outright disappearance.
These allegations come from Hamza al-Masri, a well-known anti-Hamas voice who has himself suffered at their hands in the past. He details how tensions exploded in early October with an open armed clash in Khan Younis between Hamas forces and the influential al-Majayda clan, one of the largest families in the area. Reports suggest a local militia aligned with the clan fought back, even receiving Israeli drone support, resulting in heavy Hamas losses.
Viewing this as an existential threat to its grip on power, Hamas responded with ferocious repression once a ceasefire took hold. They demanded the clan surrender dozens of members, some handed over by clan leaders in a desperate bid to avert total bloodshed. But those detained have endured hellish treatment. Circulated videos show victims bandaged head to toe, barely able to move. Released detainees or their families speak of systematic torture, with many simply vanishing, their bodies allegedly hidden.
This isn't isolated to one clan. Sources inside Gaza report that since the ceasefire, Hamas has repurposed numerous sites into makeshift prisons for "political opponents," anyone who fought them, criticised them publicly, or sought a civilian alternative to their authoritarian control. The al-Majayda clan has since issued a statement surrendering weapons and urging obedience, a clear sign of capitulation under unbearable pressure and threats.
The IDF has confirmed it is aware of these reports.
Mako contributed to this report.