Gaza: Hamas executes 5 Palestinians
Islamist Jihadist Group Hamas who is ruling Gaza, on Sunday executed five Palestinians, two of them on charges of espionage for Israel that dated back to 2015 and 2009.
These executions were the first time in the Palestinian territories since 2017, Interior Ministry said.
The past cases of capital punishment being carried out in Gaza have also drawn criticism from human rights groups. The Interior Ministry statement did not provide full names for any of the executed men.
The Interior Ministry states that, three of the executed men had been convicted of murder while the two 44 and 54 were convicted as spies and had given Israel information that led to their execution.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, which oversees the country’s intelligence services, declined comment, “After the conclusion of all legal procedures, the execution was carried out, the rulings had been final with implementation mandatory” the statement added.
Meanwhile, Palestinian and international human rights groups have condemned the death penalty and urged Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited self-government in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, to end this type of practices.
Gaza: Hamas executes 5 Palestinians
According to human rights groups, Since Hamas seized control of Gaza from Fatah’s Mahmoud Abbas in 2007, their courts have sentenced dozens of Palestinians to death while 27 have also executed so far.
