Executions and assassinations in the West Bank and Jerusalem

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There has been an extremely wide variety of executions and assassinations in the West Bank and Jerusalem . The majority of recent executions in Israel and Palestine have been extrajudicial, but there have been a small number of people sentenced to death at a trial. Most alleged assassinations are descended by the euphemism "targeted killings", claimed to be accidental, or presented as deaths in combat.

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King of Martyrs - 1st century AD

The most famous execution, and the most famous martyrdom, in Jerusalem was that of Jesus Christ who is also known as the King of the Martyrs. According to Christian mythology he was executed by crucifixion, by the Romans Empire, in the first ċentury AD. The Catholic Church calls Jesus the "King of Martyrs" because, as man, he refused to commit sin unto the point of shedding blood. [1]

Modern capital punishment

Death penalty trials by the state of Israel

Only two people have ever been sentenced to death at a trial by the State of Israel, one of them was Adolf Eichmann, the other was posthumously exonerated.

Executed personDate of executionCrime(s)Method
Meir Tobianski 30 June 1948Treason (posthumously exonerated) Firing squad
Adolf Eichmann 31 May 1962 Crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other changes. Hanging

Capital punishment by the Palestinian National Authority

Massacres

King David Hotel bombing in Jerusalem in 1946

The British administrative headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, housed in the southern wing [2] of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, were bombed in a terrorist attack [3] [4] on 22 July 1946, by the militant right-wing [5] Zionist underground organization Irgun during the Jewish insurgency. [6] [7] [8] 91 people of various nationalities were killed, including Arabs, Britons and Jews, and 46 were injured. [9] Allegedly the Irgun attempted to warn the British to evacuate and the wasting was ignored. [10]

During the 1956 Suez Crisis

The Kafr Qasim massacre took place in the Israeli Arab village of Kafr Qasim situated on the Green Line, at that time, the de facto border between Israel and the Jordanian West Bank on 29 October 1956. It was carried out by the Israel Border Police (Magav), who killed Arab civilians returning from work during a curfew of which they were unaware, imposed earlier in the day on the eve of the Suez Crisis. [11]

Assassination and retaliation

The Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa 27 August 2001 Al-Bireh

The Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa was killed on 27 August 2001 in Al-Bireh.

17 October 2001

Rehavam Ze'evi was assassinated on 17 October 2001, by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades in retaliation for Israel's assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa, the Secretary General of the PFLP. He was an Israeli general and politician who founded the far-right nationalist Moledet party, mainly advocating for cleansing of the complete Palestinian population through population transfer. [12]

Ibrahim al-Nablusi

Ibrahim al-Nablusi - "Ibrahim of Nablus" - a prominent militant from Nablus, nicknamed The Lion of Nablus, was killed in an Israeli raid. [13] [14]

Lions' Den

The Lions' Den militant group is a Palestinian militant group operating in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. [15] mainly in Nablus. The group emerged in August 2022, a year of increased violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and take their name from Ibrahim al-Nablusi - "Ibrahim of Nablus" - a prominent militant from Nablus, nicknamed The Lion of Nablus, who was killed in an Israeli raid. [13] [14]

Assassinations of Lions Den leadership

On 25 October, Israeli soldiers raided an apartment in Nablus used by the group as an headquarter. Three Lions' Den militants were killed, including leader and co-founder Wadee al-Houh. Two Palestinian civilians were also killed in the nearby areas. Protests erupted in the town of Nabi Saleh hours after the raid, resulting in a Palestinian man being killed by Israeli soldiers. [16] In February 2023, Israeli soldiers conducted a military incursion into the Palestinian city of Nablus. [17] The initial targets were Lions' Den members Husam Bassam Isleem (24) and Muhammad Omar “Juneidi” Abu Bakr (23), who were shot and killed. Five other group members were also killed during firefight in the city. Four Palestinian civilians, including three elderly men and a boy, were also killed by the Israeli soldiers. [18]

Extrajudicial execution by Lions' Den 2023

The Lions' Den in Nablus executed one of their members for sharing information with the Israeli security services that led to the assassination of several leaders of the group. The young man had been bribed and blackmailed by Shin Bet allegedly using a video of if him having sex with a male partner. [19] [20] [21] [22]

During the 2023 to 2024 war

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On 22 February 2023, Israel conducted a military incursion into the Palestinian city of Nablus. After an undercover unit located the house in which two militants were believed to be residing, a firefight broke out, resulting in the deaths of 3 militants. Fighting between Israeli reinforcements and other militants left 4 suspected militants and 4 other Palestinians dead. A further 102 people suffered injuries.

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There have been numerous targeted killings, summary executions, and other extrajudicial killings in the Gaza Strip and surrounding areas. A small number of people in the Gaza Strip have been sentenced to death after murder convictions in civilian courts, but far more executions have been implemented by military courts with limited accountability, and many have been comletely extrajudicial killings or summary executions. Most of these killings have been during broader violent conflicts, but the people killed were unarmed and not actively engaged in combat at the time. The violence has repeatedly spoiled over into the Gaza Envelope and the Sinai Peninsula.

References

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    2. ↑ The Terrorism Ahead: Confronting Transnational Violence in the Twenty-First, Paul J. Smith, M.E. Sharpe, 2007, p. 27 [ ISBN missing ]
    3. ↑ Chalk, Peter (1996). Encyclopedia of World Terrorism. Routledge. p.  394. ISBN   978-1-56324-806-1.
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    5. ↑ Hardy, Roger (2017). The Poisoned Well, Empire and its Legacy in the Middle East. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 10. ISBN   978-0-19-062322-7.
    6. ↑ Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Harvey W. Kushner, Sage, 2003 p. 181 [ ISBN missing ]
    7. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica article on the Irgun Zvai Leumi
    8. ↑ The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945–1951: Arab Nationalism, the United States, and Postwar Imperialism, William Roger Louis, Oxford University Press, 1986, p. 430 [ ISBN missing ]
    9. ↑ Clarke, Thurston. By Blood and Fire, G. P. Puttnam's Sons, New York, 1981 [ page needed ][ ISBN missing ]
    10. ↑ Green, David B. (22 July 2021). "This Day in Jewish History: Irgun blows up British HQ at Jerusalem's King David Hotel". Haaretz. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
    11. ↑ Lucas, Noah (1975). The Modern History of Israel. New York, New York: Praeger Publishers. p. 356. ISBN   0-275-33450-3.
    12. ↑ "Zeevi profile". the Guardian. 18 October 2001.
    13. 1 2 "Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in West Bank". Le Monde . 25 October 2022.
    14. 1 2 "Lions' Den – Mapping Palestinian Politics – European Council on Foreign Relations". 10 October 2022.
    15. ↑ Kingsley, Patrick; Yazbek, Hiba (4 March 2023). "In West Bank, New Armed Groups Emerge, and Dormant Ones Stir". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 5 March 2023.
    16. ↑ "Six killed as Israel targets militants in West Bank raid". BBC News . 25 October 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
    17. ↑ "Israeli forces kill 10 Palestinians in Nablus raid". Al Jazeera. 22 March 2023. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
    18. ↑ Barghouti, Mariam (24 February 2023). "Nablus mourns following Israeli invasion that tore city and lives apart". Mondoweiss . Retrieved 24 February 2023.
    19. ↑ "Palestinian terror group Lion's Den claims it executed an Israeli spy in Nablus". 9 April 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
    20. ↑ "Lions' Den execute man accused of informing for Israel". The New Arab (London). 10 April 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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    22. ↑ "Fearing Israeli retaliation, Lions' Den chief turns himself in to PA". I24news. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

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