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Monday, June 12, 2017
Gaza’s Hamas rulers detain activist critical of the group
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGAZA CITY — Gaza’s Hamas rulers detain a young man who criticized the group’s call for protests at the border that have set off deadly clashes with IDF troops.
Mohammed al-Taluli’s family says Monday the 25-year-old was detained by Hamas after posting a video on YouTube in which he accuses the group of “pushing the youths to death” to stay in power.
For weeks, Palestinians have rallied at the Gaza fence against living conditions in the impoverished coastal territory, which has been under an Israeli and Egyptian blockade since Hamas took over in 2007. Youths have thrown rocks at Israeli soldiers, and two Palestinians have been killed in the clashes.
Al-Taluli and his friends have been detained by Hamas several times since organizing protests in January against power cuts.
— AP
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