Palestinian Territories
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- administration of the ANP
RELIGIONS
Muslim majority; Christian and Jewish minorities
From the country
AUGUST 7, 2023Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: 7 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR ‘COLLABORATION’ WITH ISRAEL
A military court in the Gaza Strip on August 6, 2023 sentenced seven people to death by hanging for “collaboration” with Israel, the coastal enclave’s Hamas-run interior ministry said.
JULY 31, 2023Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two drug dealers were sentenced to death and several others were given life in prison by the Appeal and Military Courts in Gaza on July 25, 2023.
APRIL 4, 2023Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES TWO GAZANS TO DEATH FOR ISRAEL 'COLLABORATION'
A military court in the Gaza Strip convicted on 3 April 2023 six people of "collaboration" with Israel, sentencing two of them to death.
- FEBRUARY 5, 2023Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Supreme Criminal Chamber of the Court of First Instance in Gaza on 30 January 2023 sentenced a 30-year-old man to death by hanging, following his conviction for possession and trafficking of narcotics to Israel.
- OCTOBER 15, 2022Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ‘COLLABORATION’ WITH ISRAEL
A court in Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip sentenced two men to death on 13 October 2022 for "collaboration" with Israel.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2022Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS EXECUTES FIVE PALESTINIANS, TWO FOR ISRAEL TIES
The Hamas movement governing the Gaza Strip says it has executed five Palestinians, including two for “collaboration” with Israel.
AUGUST 31, 2022Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The Higher Crime Committee in the Gaza Strip on 25 August 2022 issued a death sentence against (‘A. Sh.), from Gaza City, after he was convicted of premeditated murder of (‘A. ‘A) in a family dispute that took place on 3 March 2021.
- JULY 4, 2022Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 'SPYING FOR ISRAEL'
A marshal court in Gaza on 28 June 2022 sentenced to death by hanging a Palestinian who was convicted for allegedly passing information to Israeli intelligence services.
- JUNE 6, 2022Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COLLABORATING WITH ISRAEL
A military court in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip sentenced a man to death on 6 June 2022 for cooperating with Israel.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2021Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH FOR COLLABORATING WITH ISRAEL, DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Hamas military court in the Gaza Strip sentenced on 8 November 2021 three residents to death, two of them for collaborating with Israeli intelligence and one for drug trafficking.
OCTOBER 30, 2021Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES SIX ISRAELI 'INFORMANTS' TO DEATH
The Islamist movement Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip announced on 28 October 2021 it had sentenced six Palestinian "informants" to death for collaborating with Israel.
OCTOBER 18, 2021Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES 2 TO DEATH, 2 TO HARD LABOR FOR COLLABORATING WITH ISRAEL
Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip on 17 October 2021 sentenced two men to death on allegations that they had collaborated with Israel, according to reports.