PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 1st, 2025: Hamas Tortures Protester To Death In Barbaric Crackdown & DHS Reports More Than 100,000 Deportations Since Trump's Return
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It's Tuesday, the 1st of April. Welcome to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First, as rare public protests against Hamas spread throughout Gaza, the terror group is resorting to executions, torture, and kidnappings to crush any dissent to their rule. Later in the show, an update on the White House's crackdown on illegal migration as border crossings plummet to their lowest levels in decades, and Department of Homeland Security sources report north of 100,000 deportations since President Trump's second term began. But first, today's afternoon spotlight. We'll begin in Gaza, where reports are emerging that the terror group Hamas is turning on its own people, the very people that they claim to be fighting for and representing. cracking down on recent protests with executions, torture, and kidnappings.
As we've been tracking on the PDB, thousands of Gazans have taken to the streets over the past week in a rare show of public dissent against Hamas, the largest public demonstrations against the terror group inside the enclave since they took power back in 2007. Hamas is increasingly losing the support of local Gazans as frustrations mount over the group's handling of the war, particularly after the fragile ceasefire with Israel broke down just two weeks ago. The terror group's response has been, well, exactly what you would expect from an Iranian-funded and supported terrorist organization, with Hamas fighters brutally executing at least six of the protesters. Many others have been publicly beaten or kidnapped by the group, and locals say a number of their loved ones still remain missing. That's according to a report from The Telegraph.
In an example of the group's actions, Hamas thugs made an example out of a 22-year-old protester. A senior police officer affiliated with the Palestinian Fatah party told The Telegraph that the militants beat and tortured the young man for nearly four hours before dumping his body on his family's doorstep as a warning to others of the consequences of opposing their rule. He was reportedly kidnapped shortly after leaving an anti-Hamas protest last week and was held for several days before Hamas made their savage display. Before leaving him at the family's doorstep, he was dragged through the streets by a rope tied around his neck and beaten with clubs and metal rods in front of passerby. Photographs of his body, which was left swollen and disfigured, then began circulating locally on the messaging app Telegram, provoking further outrage against the organization. The Fatah police officer told the Telegraph, quote, End quote. Now, if the organization was hoping to shock locals back into silence, well, they seem to have been mistaken.
At the young man's funeral on Saturday, attendees could be heard chanting anti-Khamas slogans. In another example of their actions, an unidentified Gazan was reportedly kidnapped, beaten, shot in the legs, and left in a public square in a refugee camp. Sam Habib, a Gazan now living in London, said the recent protests are the first time that Hamas has seen such large-scale uprisings since they took control of the Gaza Strip back in 2007. While there have been some small pockets of protests over the years, notably in 2019 and 2023, they were swiftly and violently squashed by Hamas. But this time, given the destruction brought on Gaza by Hamas's 7 October massacres in Israel, Habib said many protesters feel that at this point, they have nothing left to lose. Regarding Hamas's reprisals, Habib told The Telegraph, quote, "...this is a heinous crime that's completely condemned.
Not all people in Gaza are part of Hamas, and they have the right to express their views freely," end quote. Well, you know, that's true. Not all Gazans belong to Hamas. But unfortunately for them, all the guns belong to Hamas. During last week's protests, demonstrators could be heard chanting, quote, for God's sake, Hamas out, Hamas terrorists, and we want an end to the war.
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