According to KAN, the majority of the Gazan public supports the push for the terrorist organization to give up its weapons, seeing disarmament as a "way out" of long-term turmoil and violence.
Public opinion in the Gaza Strip is shifting, with more and more residents supporting the disarmament of Hamas, according to a KAN News report citing Western intelligence findings on Saturday.
According to KAN, the majority of the Gazan public supports the push for the terrorist organization to give up its weapons, seeing disarmament as a "way out" of long-term turmoil and violence.
Social desire to fully end the war with Israel and begin the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip is outweighing the previously prevailing support for Hamas’s extremist ideology.
On the ground reports, according to KAN, indicate a significant drop in support for terrorist acts and violent “resistance” as a means of advancing the interests of Gazan civilians.
The report asserted that the majority of Gazans are shifting to oppose Hamas remaining in power. Instead, they are increasingly supportive of searching for alternative civilian leadership.
Hamas continually refuses disarmament
Meanwhile, Hamas has continually refused to disarm in accordance with the October 2025 ceasefire deal, preventing any progress from being made in the Gaza Strip.
According to a KAN report on May 3, negotiations between the terrorist organization and the Gaza Board of Peace have reached an impasse.
Director-General of the BoP Nickolay Mladenov and Hamas’s delegation are stuck on the disarmament issue, according to Palestinian sources cited by KAN.
Tobias Holcman contributed to this report.