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Source: https://apnews.com/article/hamas-executions-maiming-war-israel-f7d63d25c91556ad6c02fd9b76040b21
Hamas Militants and Police Executed and Maimed Dozens of Palestinians in Gaza, UN Report Says
(AP) Sam Metz - Hamas militants and police units in Gaza beat, maimed, and publicly executed dozens of Palestinians during its war with Israel in acts amounting to war crimes, according to a report released Tuesday by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The report documented hundreds of cases of extrajudicial punishment which were often publicized during and afterward to instill fear in the populace. "These cases involved executions, kneecapping, bone-breaking with metal pipes or cement bricks and beatings, and were framed by the perpetrators as punishments for alleged collaboration with Israel, looting humanitarian aid, theft, drug-related offenses or affiliations with internal rivals."