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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21998/hamas-public-executions
The Implications of Hamas's Public Executions and the World's Silence
(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - After the ceasefire went into effect, Hamas terrorists began rounding up dozens of Palestinians as part of a massive crackdown on critics and opponents. At least 32 Palestinians have been publicly executed and many more otherwise killed by Hamas thugs. Hamas's brutal crackdown shows that Gaza is posing a threat to its own people: Palestinians. As Hamas drags Palestinians to the streets to face its firing squads, the international community appears to be looking the other way. Hamas is not going after criminals and suspected collaborators, as it claims. Instead, Hamas is targeting Palestinian clans and individuals who dared to publicly challenge its atrocities against both Israelis and Palestinians. Hamas's actions also demonstrate its determination to exploit the current ceasefire to reassert its control over Gaza. The silence, or apathy, of the international community, including so-called pro-Palestinian groups, only encourages Hamas to proceed with its crackdown on its own people. In the eyes of Hamas leaders, the Trump peace plan is just another temporary ceasefire that should be used for rearming, regrouping, and preparing for massacring more Israelis. On Oct. 16, the first anniversary of the killing of Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the Oct. 7 atrocities, Hamas announced: "The ember of the Al-Aqsa Flood [the name Hamas uses for its Oct. 7 massacre] will remain burning and the banner of resistance will not fall until comprehensive liberation and the establishment of a fully sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital." No transitional government or "Board of Peace" will ever be able to enforce law and order as long as Hamas terrorists feel free to murder any Palestinian who wants peace and coexistence with Israel. Deradicalization will happen only after Palestinians see that Hamas has been totally defeated, disarmed and removed from power. The writer, a veteran Israeli journalist, is a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute and the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.