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
- JULY 3, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian security forces fired at protesters who...
Palestinian security forces fired at protesters who attacked a Gaza police station with rocks and pipe bombs, demanding the execution of a suspected collaborator with Israel being held inside, witnesses said
- JUNE 6, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian Authority executed by firing squad...
The Palestinian Authority executed by firing squad two Palestinians convicted of raping and murdering a seven-year-old girl, Palestinian security and hospital officials said
- 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 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 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
- 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 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
- 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 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 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
- AUGUST 16, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat ordered an inquiry...
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat ordered an inquiry into the death of a Palestinian man who the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) said may have been tortured to death in a Gaza Strip prison run by the Palestinian Authority's military intellige
- AUGUST 12, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian radio reported that the State Security...
Palestinian radio reported that the State Security Court sentenced to death Khalid Sa'id al-'Akkih by firing squad
- AUGUST 9, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court in the West Bank sentenced...
A Palestinian security court in the West Bank sentenced a 43-year-old Palestinian man to death by firing squad for treason and collaborating with the Israeli military
- AUGUST 2, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Security Court in Nablus condemned to death Ahmed...
The Security Court in Nablus condemned to death Ahmed Abu Ayash, 50, on charges of collaborating with Israel in the assassination of a local Hamas leader, Salah Darawesh
- AUGUST 1, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Field commanders of the Palestinian intifada declared...
Field commanders of the Palestinian intifada declared open season on suspected traitors in their ranks
- JULY 31, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian Authority security court sentenced three...
A Palestinian Authority security court sentenced three Palestinian men, Samir Abu-Zeina, Amjad Hafarza and Hussein Abu-Alayoun, to death for collaboration with Israel over the killing in December of a senior Fatah official
- JULY 28, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In the West Bank town of Tulkarm, 3,000 people marched...
In the West Bank town of Tulkarm, 3,000 people marched to demand the death sentence for five Palestinians accused of treason and collaboration with Israel over the killing in December 2000 of Thabet Thabet, a Fatah leader
- JUNE 14, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union commissioner for external affairs...
The European Union commissioner for external affairs Chris Patten called on the Palestinian Authority to stop using fast-track security courts to impose death sentences