Gaza’s Hamas authorities Sunday executed five Palestinian men in separate cases of murder and alleged collaboration with Israel.
The Interior Ministry said the executions meant “to achieve public deterrence and security,” but rights groups in the past have questioned fair-trial standards in the military and civilian courts of the Islamic militant group.
Two of the men, both members of the Palestinian security forces, were killed by firing squad, and the other three were hanged at dawn at a security site in Gaza City.
#Hamas to execute five #Gazans early this morning
Journalistic sources in Gaza report that starting at 05:00 (local time), Hamas will start the execution of five Gazan citizens. Of the five, Hamas convicted three of collaborating with #Israel and two others of… (1/4) pic.twitter.com/ISYyiQWOKN
— AbuAliEnglish (@AbuAliEnglishB1) September 4, 2022
One of the men who was executed for alleged murder was convicted only a month and a half ago, raising serious doubts that he was allowed proper time to appeal his sentence.
https://twitter.com/israelmuse/status/1566329634333016065?s=20&t=mDxT8s-SYlb8kfEmfO2DOg
The executions were the first since Hamas executed three Gazans after a hasty trial in the killing a leader of the group in 2017.
Hamas took over Gaza in 2007 after fierce clashes with forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. It has issued 180 death sentences and followed through on 33 of them “without the ratification of the Palestinian President in violation of Palestinian law,” according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.
The Palestinian Authority, based in and exerting limited self rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, signed onto international treaties banning capital punishment in 2018.
Two of those put to death Sunday, ages 44 and 54, were charged with collaborating with Israel and providing it with information that aided the Israeli military in striking targets in Gaza, the ministry said. They had been detained since 2009 and 2015, respectively.
The three others were found guilty of murder in separate cases, including one man who allegedly took part in a shootout that killed a man and a teenage girl during a family dispute in July.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem & AP)
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Biden/Gillabrand/Tlaib couldn’t care less. They’re fully concentrating on helping Iran build a nuclear bomb so they can destroy Israel, and eventually America.
To not getting involved: are you out crying? This is internal to Palestinians.
Biden is the RAT as he funds Arab terrorists who kill jewish children. Long live Trump.
There is no mention of this crime in the mainstream media. Ergo, it never happened. The headline to this article says it all: “Where’s the Outrage?” Well, if it never happened, there’s no need for outrage. Talk about selective reporting.