Death penalty in the Gaza Strip

The death penalty in the Gaza Strip

History

The death penalty in the Gaza Strip is decided based on a mixture of Islamic law and secular (non-religious) law. Some of the secular law is from British when the places now within Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory were both in Mandatory Palestine. This includes the Penal Law No. 74 approved in 1936.^[1]

As of December 2018, the courts of the Gaza Strip had issued 186 death sentences, 128 of which were after 2007.^[2]

Mahmoud Ishtiwi

On 7 February 2016, Al-Qassam killed Mahmoud Ishtiwi [ar] - one of the group's top commanders, rumours about his crimes included of homosexuality and theft.^[3]

People executed

Executed person	Execution Date	Crime(s)	Method
Ayman Taha [ar; he; en]	4 August 2014	Treason	Shot
Atta Najjar	22 August 2014	Treason	Unknown
Mahmoud Ishtiwi [ar]	7 February 2016	Undisclosed[4] Treason[5] Homosexual activity[3]	Firing squad

References

1. "Death Penalty in the Palestinian National Authority Areas: Between Current Legislation and International Standards | Palestinian National Information Center" عقوبة الإعدام فی مناطق السلطة الوطنیة الفلسطینیة بین التشریعات الساریة والمعاییر الدولیة | مرکز المعلومات الوطنی الفلسطینی. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
2. "New death sentence in Gaza, the Center calls on the Palestinian President to intervene immediately to cancel this punishment" حکم جدید بالإعدام فی غزة، المرکز یطالب الرئیس الفلسطینی بالتدخل الفوری لإلغاء هذه العقوبة. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
3. Moore, Jack (2 March 2016). "Hamas executed a prominent commander after accusations of gay sex". Newsweek. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
4. "Hamas kills a local commander for unnamed 'violations'". AP News. Associated Press. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
5. ""رايتس ووتش" تدين إعدام أحد عناصر كتائب القسام – DW – 2016/2/8". dw.com (in Arabic). Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 17 June 2024. Machine translation: Local sources clarified that Eshtewi was convicted of spying for Israel.