Jailed British jihadi who used to be known as 'Hungry Hamza' loses five stone fighting for ISIS as he moans he 'didn't know' how bad life with the terror group would be By Richard Spillett for MailOnline Published: 08:54 BST, 1 April 2019 | Updated: 08:54 BST, 1 April 2019 Viewcomments A British ISIS fighter dubbed 'Hungry Hamza' after he whinged about missing fast food now claims he didn't realise how bad ISIS was. Hamza Parvez left his comfortable home in west London five years ago and became one of the first Britons to join the terror group as it took over parts of Syria and Iraq. After the extremists were crushed this year, Parvez, 26, has surrendered to Kurdish forces and is being held in a prison. Speaking from his prison cell, he claimed he didn't realise ISIS were so bad when he went to join them. Hamza Parvez, a British man who fought for ISIS for five years, now claims he didn't like life in the so-called caliphate after he was captured by Kurdish forces as ISIS crumbled Parvez appeared on an ISIS recruitment video after joining the jihadis, telling British Muslims to follow his example, but was mocked online for having to give up his favourite KFC and Nandos meal. He has lost nearly five stone while fighting for ISIS, and criticised the group over how they distributed food. He told the BBC's Quentin Sommerville: 'I didn't know there was something waiting for me like that. 'Most foreign fighters say "We would never have come if we had know the realities of ISIS".' He added: 'Many kids passed away from malutrition... I blame ISIS for it.' Parvez has been stripped of his British citizenship and his only chance of getting out of the Middle East now is to move to Pakistan. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility