Overview

• Footage on Hamas-linked channels shows three blindfolded, bound men shot in a public square as crowds, including children, looked on.
• Reuters verified the location as Gaza City by matching buildings, a gas station, road layout and signage seen in the videos.
• A Palestinian security official from the Hamas-run Gaza government attributed the executions to the Joint Operations Room and described them as a deterrent.
• Hamas statements in some reports named Islamic Jihad and the Mujahideen Brigades as participants, a claim not independently confirmed.
• The incident reflects Hamas’s effort to suppress emerging rival militias and its continued rejection of the Palestinian Authority’s execution moratorium in Gaza.