More Palestinians support Oct. 7 massacre now than five months earlier, recent poll finds

More Palestinians support Oct. 7 massacre now than five months earlier, recent poll finds

The October poll also found overwhelming disapproval of Hamas's disarmament and increased pessimism regarding the terror group's victory over Israel.

More than half of Palestinians still back October 7 massacre, survey finds

Gazans' support for the attacks, which claimed over 1,200 lives, rose to 44%, up by seven percentage points since May.

Half of Palestinians still back October 7 Hamas attack two years after Gaza war began

While support for Hamas is not overwhelmingly strong, only a third of Palestinians polled said they wanted the Palestinian Authority to assume direct rule over Gaza after the war. As for Trump's proposal for an unaffiliated committee to govern Gaza postwar, 53 percent opposed the plan while 45 percent said they backed it