Hamas carried out mass public executions in Gaza on Monday, just hours after signing a peace treaty with Israel — as part of a series of bloody reprisals following the withdrawal of Israeli troops, gruesome video shows.
The graphic footage shows eight badly beaten, blindfolded men kneeling in the street before each is shot dead by Hamas gunmen in front of a cheering crowd.
The terror group said, without providing evidence, that the killings targeted “criminals and collaborators with Israel,” the BBC reported.
Among those killed was Ahmad Zidan al-Tarabin, reportedly responsible for recruiting agents to a rival non-Hamas-aligned militia, Israeli outlet ynet News reported.
Following the IDF’s withdrawal, Hamas has quickly looked to reassert its control over Gaza, targeting the “clans,” or family-based armed groups that had gained strength during the conflict.
The Palestinian terror group began its deadly reprisals before the peace deal was even signed.
On Sunday, 52 members of the powerful Dagmoush clan were killed in clashes with Hamas’ internal security forces, while 12 Hamas terrorists, including the son of senior official Bassem Naim, also died, according to reports in Gaza.
Hamas militants reportedly used ambulances to storm the neighborhood of the clan, whom they accused of collaboration with Israel.
“It’s a massacre. They’re dragging people away, children are screaming and dying, they’re burning our houses. What did we do wrong?” one clan member’s daughter told Ynet News.
Earlier on Monday, President Trump suggested he had given Hamas approval to manage internal security in Gaza “as it sees fit,” as part of a peace deal to return the remaining living hostages to Israel.
“They [Hamas] do want to stop the problems, and they’ve been open about it, and we gave them approval for a period of time,” he told a reporter on Air Force One.
“You have close to 2 million people going back to buildings that have been demolished, and a lot of bad things can happen. So we want it to be — we want it to be safe. I think it’s going to be fine. Who knows for sure,” he said.
Under Trump’s peace plan, Hamas was expected to disarm and surrender governance of Gaza, something the terror group has refused to do.
She sent me a photo of my niece at the zoo, palm pressed against the glass. On the other side, a lion mirrored her gesture, paw flat, eyes fixed on her. The keeper later pulled my sister aside: this lion, Atlas, never interacted with visitors. For months, he barely moved. Yet with my niece, he rose, crossed the enclosure, and sat before her.
The keeper, with twenty years of experience, admitted he’d never seen anything like it. I couldn’t shake the image. Researching that night, I learned Atlas had been rescued from neglect and once trusted only a woman named Evelyn, the volunteer who nursed him back to health. After she stopped coming, Atlas withdrew completely.
When we visited again, I saw it myself: the lion shadowed my niece, mimicking her movements. The keeper whispered, “She reminds him of someone.” My sister and I knew—the resemblance to our late mother, also named Evelyn, was uncanny.Soon, the zoo asked for my niece’s help. They hoped her bond could ease Atlas’s transfer to a sanctuary. On moving day, she stood by the crate, speaking softly. To everyone’s amazement, Atlas calmed and walked inside willingly.
Months later, at his new home, he ran to greet her again, paw raised in gratitude. People called it a miracle, others coincidence. To us, it was proof that kindness endures. Even years later, compassion can echo through time—bridging generations, and even species.