Between 3:15 AM and 6:15 AM UTC on February 22, 2026, activist Ahmed Fawzi al-Khatib released a secret video recording on X depicting Hamas death squads moving through displaced persons' tent cities in Gaza, shutting down small vendors who refused to pay taxes to the group and threatening violence, disappearance, torture, and 'metal rods in legs and knees' for noncompliance, according to his post. Al-Khatib stated in the post that new secret recording tools will expose Hamas's actions against Palestinians in Gaza, describing the group as a fascist entity engaging in terrorism and a death cult. He criticized supporters of Hamas among students at universities including Columbia, Harvard, Yale, MIT, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Oxford, and Cambridge, as well as some progressives and Democrats, calling their stance misguided. The activist called on governments, nations, activists, NGOs, and philanthropists to provide secret cameras, Starlink internet terminals, communications equipment, and other gear to Gaza to capture footage of internal activities. He argued that supporting Hamas should be treated as a punishable offense similar to supporting ISIS or al-Qaeda. The post, accessible at https://x.com/afalkhatib/status/2025438828354306442, urges immediate action to expose what al-Khatib describes as Hamas death squads operating in the coastal enclave.
