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
- 298
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 298 news items on Palestinian Territories, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2018Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
On 29 November 2012, the General Assembly voted to grant
On 29 November 2012, the General Assembly voted to grant
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA COURT SENTENCES THREE CONVICTS TO DEATH BY EXECUTION, RIGHTS CENTERS OBJECT
Deir al-Balah Court of First Instance passed the death sentence against three Palestinian residents of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, after they were convicted of murder, accessory to murder and robbery leading two local human rights centers
- JULY 13, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS COURT CONDEMNS TWO TO DEATH FOR ISRAEL SPYING
A Palestinian court in Hamas-run Gaza sentenced two men to death for allegedly spying for Israel, the latest in a series of such rulings that have drawn international condemnation.
MAY 25, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS RULERS PUT TO DEATH 3 ACCUSED OF KILLING MEMBER
Hamas said it put to death three men it had accused of killing a senior member of the militant Islamic group that rules Gaza in March.
MAY 21, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES THREE PALESTINIANS TO DEATH OVER TOP COMMANDER'S ASSASSINATION
A Gaza military court sentenced to death three people for their involvement in the assassination of top Hamas official Mazen Fuqaha, blamed on Israel by Hamas.
- MAY 11, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS BURNS DRUG STASH, SENTENCES DEALERS TO DEATH
Gaza's militant Islamic Hamas rulers have burned a large stash of seized narcotics and sentenced two dealers to death as part of their campaign against drugs.
- APRIL 6, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: THREE MEN HANGED FOR COLLABORATING WITH ISRAEL
Gaza’s Hamas rulers hanged three men they accused of collaborating with Israel following calls for revenge for the killing of one of their commanders last month, an AFP journalist reported.
- MARCH 19, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES 2 DRUG DEALERS TO DEATH
A Hamas military court has sentenced two Palestinians to death for drug dealing, in the first-such case since the militant group seized the Gaza Strip a decade ago.
FEBRUARY 19, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS CONDEMNS 6 ‘INFORMANTS FOR ISRAEL’ TO DEATH BY HANGING
Six Gazans were condemned to be hanged over charges they informed for Israel, two Hamas-run military courts ruled.
JANUARY 24, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: TWO NEW DEATH SENTENCES
two new death sentences by hanging were issued in the Gaza Strip.
- JANUARY 1, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
On 29 November 2012, the General Assembly voted to grant
On 29 November 2012, the General Assembly voted to grant
- NOVEMBER 27, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: DEATH SENTENCE VERDICT UPHELD FOR PALESTINIAN CONVICTED OF KILLING CHILD
A high instance court in the Gaza Strip upheld the death sentence of a Palestinian accused of having killed a
OCTOBER 20, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Gaza court sentenced a man to death by hanging after he was convicted of premeditated murder.
- OCTOBER 17, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING, MURDER
Courts in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip handed down three death sentences, including one for allegedly spying
OCTOBER 16, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: PALESTINIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2011 MURDER
A court in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip has sentenced a man to death and his female accomplice
- OCTOBER 8, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA STRIP: PALESTINIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CHILD
A court in the Gaza Strip sentenced a Palestinian man to death by hanging, after convicting him in the
OCTOBER 5, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
A court in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip sentenced a Palestinian
- JULY 19, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES 3 GAZANS TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
A Hamas-run military court sentenced three Gazans to death and three to prison, charging them with being informants for Israel.
- MAY 31, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS EXECUTES THREE CONVICTED PALESTINIANS
Security forces from the Islamist group Hamas executed three convicted Palestinians at dawn, a move
- MAY 22, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS PLANS 13 PUBLIC EXECUTIONS
Authorities in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip are planning to carry out a series of public executions, the attorney general for the Palestinian enclave said.
- APRIL 18, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES 5 MEN TO DEATH FOR GIVING ISRAEL INFORMATION
A Gazan military court sentenced five men to death, charging them with being informants for Israel.
- APRIL 13, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
EU DENOUNCES LATEST DEATH SENTENCE ISSUED IN GAZA
The European Union Missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah condemned the latest death sentence issued in the Gaza Strip.
- MARCH 2, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS EXECUTES PROMINENT COMMANDER AFTER ACCUSATIONS OF GAY SEX
The armed wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas executed one of the group’s leading commanders after
- FEBRUARY 7, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: HAMAS EXECUTES ONE OF ITS COMMANDERS ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR ISRAEL
The armed wing of Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, said it had executed one of its members, with
- JANUARY 13, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: FOUR GET DEATH PENALTY OVER SPYING FOR ISRAEL
A military court in the Gaza Strip sentenced four people to death on charges of spying for Israel.
- JANUARY 1, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
On 29 November 2012, the General Assembly voted to grant
On 29 November 2012, the General Assembly voted to grant
- DECEMBER 20, 2015Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Deir al-Balah Court of First Instance issued a death sentence against J. F. A (26), from
Deir al-Balah Court of First Instance issued a death sentence against J. F. A (26), from
- DECEMBER 15, 2015Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Gaza Permanent Military Court sentenced F. L. A. (50), from the north of the Gaza
Gaza Permanent Military Court sentenced F. L. A. (50), from the north of the Gaza
- OCTOBER 18, 2015Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: 2 PALESTINIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ALLEGEDLY COOPERATING WITH ISRAEL
A military court in Gaza sentenced two Palestinian Arabs from Khan Yunis to death by hanging.
- AUGUST 24, 2015Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COLLABORATION WITH ISRAEL
The Permanent Military Court in Gaza City, acting as a court of First Instance, sentenced N. 'A. A., 37