Footage posted on Hamas-affiliated Telegram accounts showed armed and masked members of the group lining up three blindfolded Palestinians in a public square in Gaza.
Chants of “Allahu Akbar” were heard among the crowd as they gathered to watch and film the public execution.
One of the Hamas members was heard saying: “Pursuant to the content of Palestinian revolutionary law and based on the Palestinian revolutionary court, a death sentence was decided against those who betrayed the homeland, betrayed their people and betrayed their cause, and put [themselves] hand-in-hand with the occupation in order to kill their own people.”
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis provided the Telegraph with an English translation of the execution video.
The three men were ordered to kneel before three executioners shot them in their heads and upper bodies with rifles.
Notes with handwritten Arabic were then laid on the bodies, reading: “Your betrayal will not pass without punishment. A harsh punishment awaits.”
Israel Hayom cited a Hamas official saying that two other terror groups, Islamic Jihad and the Mujahideen Brigades, participated in the execution.
The public executions came just hours after the UK, Australia and Canada announced their recognition of a Palestinian state.
Hamas has a long history of executing Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel or, most recently, stealing aid.
In early May, Hamas executed six Palestinians and shot another 13 in their legs after they were accused of looting humanitarian aid.
Hamas’s ministry of interior and national security also claimed that the “group of outlaws” were collaborators with Israel.
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Dr. Will Jones is Editor of the Daily Sceptic. He has a PhD in political philosophy, an MA in ethics, a BSc in mathematics and a diploma in theology. This article was first published HERE
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