‚Even animals get better treatment‘: Tortured by Hamas, man finds refuge in Israel – A Gaza resident who worked to defend political prisoners eventually became one himself after criticizing Hamas. „The dangers are well known to anyone who leaves,“ he says, recalling that one escapee said to him, „I am dead here in Gaza anyway, so what do I care?“ | israelhayom.com

E., a resident of the Gaza Strip, talks to us from an apartment in greater Tel Aviv, where he has been residing for the past week, helped by friends, who have provided him with a roof over his head. E. has been put on Hamas‘ blacklist after he made several public statements and published posts, in which he dared to criticize Hamas‘ policy in Gaza. He attacked the Hamas leadership for violating human rights, criticized the discrimination against women in public areas, and expressed his infuriation with the way Hamas‘ security institutions handle anti-regime activists.