Hamas has spent years stockpiling desperately needed fuel, food and medicine, as well as ammo and weapons, in the miles of tunnels it has carved out under Gaza.
Also Hamas won the elections by a small margin, just a few percentages more than the PLO at the time. It’s not like everyone in Gaza rallied behind them (at least then).
The reason that there were no elections after that is that once they won, they Putin’ed the opposition and threw all the PLO party members from the building rooftop.
Are you saying that the Egyptians are oppressed?
Also Hamas won the elections by a small margin, just a few percentages more than the PLO at the time. It’s not like everyone in Gaza rallied behind them (at least then).
The reason that there were no elections after that is that once they won, they Putin’ed the opposition and threw all the PLO party members from the building rooftop.