Death penalty in the Gaza Strip

Authorities use the death penalty in the Gaza Strip to punish certain major crimes.

Despite the tropes and misinformation about executions in Gaza, https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.347B339  https://deadline.com/2024/10/bill-maher-says-chappell-roan-would-be-thrown-straight-off-roof-gaza-1236114098/  only three crimes are punishable by the death penalty: murder, "collaboration with hostile entities", and drug trafficking. https://statistics.btselem.org/en/stats/since-cast-lead/by-date-of-incident/execution-hamas/occupied-territories?tab=overview  

 History 

A mixture of Islamic law and secular (non-religious) law governs the death penalty in Gaza. Some of the secular law was established by the British when the places now within Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory were both in Mandatory Palestine. One of these secular laws was he Penal Law No. 74, which was approved in 1936. 

As of December 2018, the courts of the Gaza Strip had issued 186 death sentences. One hundred twenty-eight of these were issued after 2007. https://pchrgaza.org/2-death-sentences-in-the-gaza-strip-including-one-on-grounds-of-drug-dealing-pchr-calls-upon-authorities-in-gaza-to-respect-palestines-international-obligations-and-abolish-death-penalty/ 

 Mahmoud Ishtiwi 
On 7 February 2016, Al-Qassam killed , one of their group's top commanders. Rumours said that his crimes included homosexuality and theft. 

 People executed 
 Executed person Execution Date Crime(s) Method  4 August 2014 Treason Shot  Atta Najjar 22 August 2014 Treason Unknown  7 February 2016 Undisclosed "Hamas kills a local commander for unnamed 'violations'". AP News. Associated Press. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2024. 
 Treason
 Homosexual activity Firing squad

 References 

Category:Gaza Strip
Category:Capital punishment
Category:Law enforcement in Palestine