Palestinian Territories
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · In Palestine three types of legislation are applied
- News items in the archive
- 368
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Palestinian Territories is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 368 news items on Palestinian Territories, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- APRIL 10, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The pro-Hamas Palestinian Information Centre web site...
The pro-Hamas Palestinian Information Centre web site identified the six Palestinians condemned to death for collaboration with Israel as Muhammad Thabit Khalil al-Ra'i, 47, Sami Khadr Isma'il Hajji, 40, Mahmud Muhammad Abd-al-Salam al-Sharif, 52, and Suh
- APRIL 10, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat accused Israel...
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat accused Israel of having killed some 500 Palestinians in its West Bank offensive, saying Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had gone "crazy
- APRIL 7, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian military court sentenced six people to...
A Palestinian military court sentenced six people to death for collaborating with Israel in a secret session held in the pre-dawn hours in Gaza City, Palestinian security officials said
- APRIL 7, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The occupation forces [Israel Defence Forces] executed...
The occupation forces [Israel Defence Forces] executed in cold blood five old people in front of their relatives at dawn in Jenin
- APRIL 2, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Israel revoked the credentials of two Abu Dhabi Television...
Israel revoked the credentials of two Abu Dhabi Television journalists Leileh Odeh and Bassam Azawi after Abu Dhabi Television broadcast a story saying that Israeli troops had executed a group of young men in Ramallah
- APRIL 1, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Twelve Palestinians were executed by Palestinian gunmen...
Twelve Palestinians were executed by Palestinian gunmen who suspected them of collaborating with the Israelis
- APRIL 1, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
As the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians...
As the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians turns increasingly ugly, Israeli troops face charges that they are carrying out execution-style killings
- APRIL 1, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian Minister for International Co-operation...
Palestinian Minister for International Co-operation Nabil Shaath said the Israelis had executed nine unarmed Palestinians in cold blood in Ramallah
- MARCH 21, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
At least 20 Palestinians suspected of being Israeli...
At least 20 Palestinians suspected of being Israeli collaborators have been killed since September 2000, when the Palestinian uprising against continued Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip began, Palestinian human rights groups say
- MARCH 15, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
An armed group affiliated with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs...
An armed group affiliated with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Battalions, Fatah Movement's military wing, liquidated two collaborators with the Zionist authorities
- MARCH 14, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A senior Palestinian official slammed the killing of...
A senior Palestinian official slammed the killing of two Palestinian men sentenced for collaborating with Israel
- MARCH 14, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of Palestinian who collaborated with Israel...
Dozens of Palestinian who collaborated with Israel have been killed by fellow Palestinians during 17 months of ongoing Palestinian-Israeli fighting, most gunned down at night
- MARCH 14, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Two Palestinians accused of spying for Israel met their...
Two Palestinians accused of spying for Israel met their deaths in the most brutal manner
- MARCH 14, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of Palestinian who collaborated with Israel...
Dozens of Palestinian who collaborated with Israel have been killed by fellow Palestinians during 17 months of ongoing Palestinian-Israeli fighting, most gunned down at night
- MARCH 12, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israeli...
A Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israeli security forces was lynched and hung by his feet in the main square of Ramallah
- MARCH 12, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israeli...
A Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israeli security forces was lynched and hung by his feet in the main square of Ramallah
- MARCH 11, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Five Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel...
Five Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel escaped from a Palestinian Authority jail in Nablus after Israeli forces bombed the building, Israel Radio reported
- MARCH 11, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber was "executed...
A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber was "executed in cold blood after his arrest", witnesses said
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli...
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli occupation forces executed 13-year-old Samir Abu Mayala from Al-Thuri neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem after shooting him in the shoulder
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian gunmen stormed into a Palestinian military...
Palestinian gunmen stormed into a Palestinian military court in the northern West Bank city of Jenin and shot dead three Palestinians who had just been convicted in the killing of a security officer, witnesses and security sources said
- JANUARY 22, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
An angry demonstration was staged in Nablus
An angry demonstration was staged in Nablus
- JANUARY 4, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian state security court sentenced a policeman...
A Palestinian state security court sentenced a policeman to death for killing one comrade and wounding another in an unexplained shooting spree hours earlier, the Wafa news agency said
- JANUARY 1, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In Palestine three types of legislation are applied
In Palestine three types of legislation are applied
- DECEMBER 11, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
December 11, 20001: Palestinian National Authority...
December 11, 20001: Palestinian National Authority (PNA) officials criticized a European Union statement for equalizing the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories with the Palestinians' legal resistance of the occupation
- DECEMBER 5, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's 15 member states were among 114...
The European Union's 15 member states were among 114 countries that agreed an unprecedented declaration reaffirming the illegality of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories and calling on Israel to respect international humanitarian law
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Fighting was reported in the Palestinian territory...
Fighting was reported in the Palestinian territory of Gaza after three Israeli tanks entered the town of Beit Janun in an apparent operation to arrest Palestinian activists, Palestinian police said
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International's new report 'Broken lives: a...
Amnesty International's new report 'Broken lives: a year of intifada', measured events of one year of the intifada against the universal human rights standards which should govern the actions of those in authority
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Three Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed...
Three Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed in a gun battle that the Israeli army said was an ambush by gunmen but which Palestinian officials called a "pure execution" of Palestinian wounded
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A military court in Hebron sentenced a member of the...
A military court in Hebron sentenced a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces to death by firing squad after finding him guilty of murder
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian sentenced to death for collaboration...
A Palestinian sentenced to death for collaboration with Israel was killed during an attempted escape, witnesses said