The terrorist organisation in control of the Gaza Strip has publicly executed three men at the same time as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese formally recognised Palestinian statehood.
Footage of the execution circulated widely on Hamas-affiliated Telegram channels after the three men were accused of collaborating with Israel.
The video footage showed victims forced to kneel with their eyes blindfolded and hands tied before they were kicked to the ground and shot in the head.
A large crowd of Gaza Strip residents gathered at the scene, filming the execution on their phones and chanting slogans in support of Hamas.
After the killings, the militants left a paper on the bodies reading: “To all mercenaries of the occupation and collaborators – the time has come to cut off your heads.”
Mr Albanese defended Australia’s recognition of a Palestinian state just hours after the footage was released.
Hamas executing three people, for treason presumably.
recognising a Palestinian state might put a halt to the ethnic cleansing programme, now in Palestine and then in Syria and beyond.
As an aside, haven’t Western countries in the past accepted the idea that capital punishment is appropriate for treason, especially in wartime?