# Gazans plan first large anti-Hamas protest since ceasefire; organizers face death threats
> Egypt-based activist Abdul Hamid Abdul Ati called for a 4 PM rally across more than a dozen Gaza locations on June 26; Hamas placed security on high alert and mosque preachers urged non-attendance

**Meta:** type: story · date: 2026-06-25 · heads: 誰が決めるのか, 語られていないこと · 4 takes · 4 lenses · 3 regions

## Summary

Egypt-based Palestinian journalist Abdul Hamid Abdul Ati called for the "June 26 Revolution," planned anti-[Hamas](/ja/entity/hamas) protests across more than a dozen locations in [Gaza](/ja/entity/palestine) at 4 PM local time on June 26. The campaign, first announced June 8 on Facebook, demands an end to Hamas rule and was framed as non-violent, with Palestinian flags only. Hamas placed security on high alert and directed mosque preachers to discourage attendance. Organisers received death threats. Amnesty International had previously documented a "disturbing pattern" of Hamas coercive tactics against earlier demonstrators.

## Why it matters

This is the most coordinated public challenge to Hamas governance since the ceasefire. The campaign's emergence under fire reflects deepening frustration with the absence of reconstruction and continuing food insecurity despite months of aid. How Hamas responds, and whether crowds materialise, will test both the organisation's control of public space in Gaza and the ceasefire's political durability.

## What to watch

- Whether protests took place on June 26 and at what scale given the intimidation climate.
- Hamas security response: arrests, dispersals, or restraint under international observation during the ceasefire.
- Whether the protest campaign widens into a sustained civil society movement or is suppressed before the next iteration.

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

### Israeli English-language press, civil society coverage
- **Times of Israel** (Israel, en) — Reported on the 'June 26 Revolution' campaign organised by Egypt-based Palestinian journalist Abdul Hamid Abdul Ati, who has 245,000 Facebook followers and first called for protests on June 8. Planned as non-violent gatherings in more than a dozen Gaza locations under Palestinian flags only, no factional symbols, demanding an end to Hamas rule. Confirmed death threats against organisers and Hamas security placed on high alert.
  > "Organisers face death threats and Hamas has placed security on alert ahead of the first planned large anti-Hamas protest since the ceasefire."
  Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-strip-stagnates-gazans-plan-first-large-anti-hamas-protest-since-ceasefire/

### pan-Arab English-language press, opposition framing
- **Asharq Al-Awsat** (Saudi Arabia / Pan-Arab, en) — Covered the 'June 26 Revolution' campaign's stated demands, the organisers' use of Facebook to coordinate across the strip, and the climate of intimidation including mosque preachers directed to discourage attendance. Framed as reflecting genuine popular exhaustion with Hamas governance after months of ceasefire without reconstruction.
  > "The June 26 Revolution campaign calls for protests at dozens of Gaza sites, reflecting popular exhaustion with Hamas after months of ceasefire without reconstruction."
  Source: https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5283854-june-26-revolution-calls-gaza-protests-against-hamas

### independent progressive Israeli-Palestinian journalism
- **972 Magazine** (Israel / Palestine, en) — Analysis of the structural conditions enabling the protest call: continued reconstruction delay under ceasefire, food insecurity despite aid shipments, and Amnesty International's documented 'disturbing pattern' of Hamas coercive tactics against earlier demonstrators. Contextualises the June 26 effort within prior smaller protests that were suppressed.
  > "Amnesty International documented a disturbing pattern of Hamas intimidation against earlier Gaza protesters; the June 26 campaign represents the most organised challenge yet."
  Source: https://www.972mag.com/gaza-june-26-protest-israel-hamas/

### unlabelled
- **Jerusalem Post** (Israel, en) — 
  Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-899267

## Across the graph
- Related: [[gaza-ceasefire-aid-shortfall]], [[gaza-phase-two-hamas-disarmament]]
- Entities: Hamas, Palestine, Egypt

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