Re BethDuttonsTwin’s post · Today 11:28
This is from The Times of Israel today.
2 Palestian executed by shooting in the West Bank by Palestinian armed group, for allegedly spying for Israel.
(Warning: if you click on The Times of Israel itself, they include a still of the two dead shot men on the ground; and a video of one of them about to be shot while people chant a word over and over ( maybe traitor?).
^2 men executed in West Bank for allegedly spying for Israel as mob cheers
Men's bodies hung on an electricity pole and later dumped in the trash as crowds call 'traitors' and 'Allahu Akbar'^
^By TOI STAFF
Today^, 12:59 pm
Palestinians executed for collaboration with Israel are hung on an electric pole on November 24, 2023. (Social media)
Members of Palestinian armed groups executed two men in the West Bank city of Tulkarem Friday night accused of collaborating with Israel, as a mob cheered them on, according to Palestinian reports.
Their bodies were hung on an electricity pole and later dumped in the trash.
Videos from the scene showed crowds chanting “traitors” *at the men and “Allahu Akbar” (“God is greatest”). It is not clear where Palestinian Authority security forces were during the events^.
The two were identified as Hamza Mubarak, 31, and Azam Juabra, 29. They were accused of providing Israel with information that led to a recent counter-terror raid that killed six as Israel clashed with local terror operatives.
Tensions in the West Bank have been escalating since October 7, when some 3,000 Hamas terrorists stormed into Israel from Gaza, killing some 1,200 people and taking at least 240 hostages, making it the deadliest day in Israel’s history.
In response, the country has vowed to eradicate Hamas from Gaza, where the group has ruled since 2007, and launched an operation, attacking Hamas both from the air and on the ground.
While the IDF operates inside Gaza, the West Bank has continued to simmer, and since October 7, some 1,570 wanted Palestinians have been arrested across the West Bank, including more than 950 affiliated with Hamas.
The PA health ministry has said that more than 183 West Bank Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and in some cases, by settlers. The Yesh Din rights group said last week that there had been over 172 incidents of settler violence and harassment against Palestinians in at least 84 Palestinian towns and communities.
At the same time, there has been a noted uptick in terror attacks or attempted terror attacks by Palestinians against Israelis across the West Bank and East Jerusalem.