In interrogations by the Shin Bet, Hamas's former communications minister Yosef Almansi harshly criticized the terror organization, and painted their leader, Yahya Sinwar, as an unpopular despot who has only brought harm to Palestinians, according to a statement by the Israel security agency on Sunday.
Sinwar "has delusions of grandeur," Almansi said. "He feels like he is above everyone else." The people, he said, don't agree: "I have not seen anybody in the Gaza Strip who supports Sinwar," he told Shin Bet interrogators. "Nobody likes Sinwar. There are people who, day and night, pray that God will free us from him."
Speaking of the group he served as a part of the Gazan government, Almansi told interrogators that "the achievements of Hamas are the killing and destruction of more than 60% of the buildings, infrastructure, streets, and public facilities. This is a group of lunatics that Sinwar leads," he said. "They destroyed the Gaza Strip; they set it back 200 years."
Almansi: October 7 was "the opposite of Islam"
Regarding Hamas's attack on Israel, Almansi said, "October 7 is the opposite of Islam: It is heresy, madness. What they did [such as the raping of women, taking of 240 hostages, and killing 1,200 people] is not accepted by logic, religion, or intellect. Those who are responsible for this are Sinwar and his group.
"My advice to the people in Gaza: Oppose Sinwar's group," the former Hamas minister said. "Let us live; take care of people. We will rebuild Gaza. It will take time; the wound is big."