Overview

• Video shared on Hamas-linked channels shows three men kneeling outside Shifa Hospital before they are shot at close range, with crowds filming and handwritten warning notes placed on the bodies.
• Hamas’s interior ministry described the men as a “group of outlaws,” and a Hamas-run security official said the executions were carried out by the Joint Operations Room of Palestinian factions.
• Reports cited the involvement of fighters from the Qassam Brigades, Islamic Jihad and the Mujahideen Brigades, though those details were not independently confirmed by the outlets.
• One victim was identified as Yasser Abu Shabab, portrayed by some reports as a major collaborator tied to an armed clan in Rafah; he had previously denied receiving Israeli weapons.
• The killings reflect a pattern of reprisals in Gaza that rights groups have condemned for lacking fair trials, as Israel reported killing 16 militants in Gaza City and the Gaza health ministry reported 61 Palestinian deaths in the past day.