Hamas, the Islamic Republic’s oppressive arm in Gaza, carried out executions of eight Palestinians

Al-Aqsa Television broadcast the execution of eight Palestinians by Hamas, the oppressive arm of the Islamic Republic in Gaza.

Al-Aqsa Television, affiliated with Hamas, released a video in which eight Palestinians from the Deghmesh tribe were publicly executed on charges of collaborating with Israel. The Independent Palestinian Human Rights Commission condemned this action and called for an end to Hamas’s arbitrary executions in the Gaza Strip.

As only six days have passed since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, a video broadcast from Al-Aqsa Television, the official media outlet of Hamas, once again revealed the dark and oppressive face of this Islamist group supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

In this video, eight men from the large Deghmesh tribe, with their hands and eyes bound, were brought to a central square in Gaza City and, while kneeling and lined up side by side, masked gunmen stood behind them and shot them down with volleys of bullets.

A scene that reminds millions of viewers around the world of public executions carried out by the Islamic Republic in Iran—a regime that for decades has hanged its opponents in streets and prisons and now, with a more extreme version of the same logic in Gaza, under the name of “resistance,” is massacring Palestinian citizens.

According to reports from security sources in Gaza, Hamas’s security unit executed these eight members of the Deghmesh tribe on Monday, October 13, on charges of “collaborating with Israel.” Clashes between Hamas forces and members of this tribe in the days preceding the executions had already resulted in the deaths of several people.

Following these events, masked Hamas police resumed their patrols in the streets of northern Gaza, a sign of intensified control and the return of an atmosphere of terror and fear in war-torn areas. Abu al-Hassan Deghmesh, one of the tribe members, wrote on Facebook: “These days, it is enough to be a member of the Deghmesh family to be shot at, killed or arrested, or to have your house burned down.”

The office of Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, called Hamas’s executions “crimes” and demanded their immediate cessation. The Independent Palestinian Human Rights Commission also stated in a declaration: “The wave of arbitrary executions and shooting at people’s legs following the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip cannot be justified under any circumstances.”

The commission described Hamas’s conduct as “legal and moral crimes” and called for the prosecution of those responsible. International human rights organizations have also urged Hamas to immediately cease extrajudicial executions and allow independent international observers to enter Gaza.

Since its inception, Hamas has maintained a strategic relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Tehran has provided this group with billions of dollars in financial, educational, and military assistance in recent years and refers to it as the “frontline of resistance.”

Now, by repeating the violent methods of the Islamic Republic in suppressing and executing opponents, Hamas increasingly reveals a face that is not a defender of the Palestinian people, but rather a political and religious tool of the Islamic Republic in the region.

Political analysts believe that this behavioral alignment is no longer confined to the realm of ideology but has become a model of governance: “From Tehran to Gaza, the sound of a single oppression is heard.”

Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump, on the sidelines of a meeting with his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei, warned: “If Hamas does not disarm itself, we will disarm it.” He added that Hamas’s disarmament would occur quickly and perhaps with violence.

Although the details of this threat are unclear, it is a sign of the return of international pressure against a group that now victimizes not only Israel but Palestinian citizens as well.

The recent executions are not merely revenge against a tribe but a display of power—a spectacle to restore “fear” to a society that, as a result of war and destruction, has nothing left to lose.

Hamas, like the Islamic Republic, uses public executions to impose political authority; a clear message to anyone who dares to stand against absolute power.

The recent executions in Gaza have made Hamas’s true face clearer to the world, to the point that some have stated: “A group that came to the field with the slogan of ‘resistance,’ but today has taken up arms against its own people.”

Hamas’s conduct reflects the very system that sustains it (the Islamic Republic of Iran), which from Tehran to Gaza, propagates a single doctrine: “Silencing dissenting voices with bullets.”