- Round Oct. 13, 2025, days into an agreed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, graphic movies circulated on-line alongside a declare that Hamas was publicly executing folks the group believed collaborated with Israel throughout the previous years of battle.
- The footage confirmed at the very least seven folks blindfolded and kneeling in a public sq. earlier than masked, armed brokers shot them from behind.
- Two Hamas-affiliated safety forces mentioned on Telegram channels that appeared to belong to them that they carried out the reported Oct. 13 executions. Snopes geolocated the movies to close the Zeitoun and Sabra neighborhoods in Gaza Metropolis however couldn’t independently confirm the date of their recording, nor whom the movies depicted.
- In keeping with reports in native media, the alleged Oct. 13 executions had been half of a bigger marketing campaign by Hamas to root out criminals, together with these the group suspected of collaborating with Israel.
- The United Nations Workplace of the Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights raised considerations about “illegal conduct by Hamas and affiliated armed teams” in a report referencing the alleged Oct. 13 executions. U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that reported killings of “gang members” by Hamas within the Gaza Strip “did not hassle me a lot, to be trustworthy with you.”
In mid-October 2025, as Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners as a part of a ceasefire deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump, a rumor (archived) circulated on-line that Hamas was publicly executing folks it believed collaborated with Israel throughout the two previous years of battle.
Some examples of the declare featured alongside movies purportedly displaying armed, masked brokers lining up at the very least seven blindfolded folks on their knees in a public sq. earlier than taking pictures them from behind.
One Reddit consumer wrote: “Hamas is executing dissidents. Why are pro-Palestine activists and worldwide media silent about this?”
Hamas is executing dissidents. Why are pro-Palestine activists and international media silent about this?
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Comparable posts appeared on Facebook (archived) and Threads (archived), whereas Snopes customers searched our website in search of extra details about the declare.
Hamas has ruled Gaza since 2007 and consists of both a political and navy wing. The social media posts didn’t explicitly state which a part of the group was finishing up the alleged executions.
The video within the above X publish publish seemed to be genuine, which means it was not created or edited utilizing synthetic intelligence. Snopes independently verified its location as close to the Zeitoun and Sabra neighborhoods of Gaza Metropolis utilizing a number of angles and pre-war reference footage.
In keeping with reports in Hamas-affiliated media, safety forces in Gaza and the Strip’s Hamas-controlled Inside Ministry had began a “safety marketing campaign” to reestablish rule of legislation in Gaza and punish criminals, together with folks suspected of collaborating with Israel earlier than Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire on Oct. 10, 2025. One of many Hamas-affiliated information media retailers said the alleged killings proven within the X publish video had been a part of this marketing campaign.
On Oct. 15, the Hamas-affiliated Shehab Information Company reported that “Palestinian resistance factions” issued a statement (archived) affirming their and the Palestinian folks’s full assist for the marketing campaign. The Yemeni SABA News Agency and China Global Television Network reported that the Alliance of Palestinian Forces — a Damascus, Syria, based mostly political alliance of Palestinian organizations — issued an analogous assertion.
Regardless of these open acknowledgements, it was not potential to independently confirm when the clip within the X publish was recorded and whom it depicted, nor was it potential to completely confirm the veracity and supply of mentioned acknowledgements; due to this fact, Snopes couldn’t definitively fee this declare. Two Palestinian human-rights organizations reporting on such graphic movies mentioned the alleged killings had been “extrajudicial” and carried out by “unknown” actors.
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