Prominent Gaza family executes Hamas gunman who killed one of their relatives, hundreds protest in Beit Lahiya
[NYPOST] A prominent Gaza family reportedly executed a Hamas terrorist in broad daylight after the gunman shot dead one of their relatives while he was waiting in line for flour.
Members of the Abu Samra clan — a noted family in central Gaza — admitted to killing the Hamas operative in Deir al-Balah on Tuesday after he gunned down their relative, Abdulrahman Sha'aban Abu Samra, earlier in the day, the Times of Israel reported.
Footage circulating on social media showed a handful of heavily armed men parading the apparent terrorist through the street in the moments before they opened fire on him at point-blank range.
The revenge attack came just hours after the Hamas militant had gunned down Abdulrahman for apparently refusing an order to leave the flour distribution line.
The caught-on-camera execution highlights the mounting fury civilians are having with Hamas — as demonstrations have broken out in the war-torn Gaza Strip of late to protest the misery the terrorists have brought.
On Wednesday, hundreds of Palestinians also rallied in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, chanting “Hamas out” and “Enough death,” in renewed protests against the terror group.
Residents were angered by new Israeli military evacuation orders, which the military said followed rocket salvos by terror groups from the area.
They may have been emboldened to take to the streets by a sharply reduced presence of Hamas police and security forces in the past weeks since Israel’s large-scale attacks resumed.
In a different incident, in Gaza City, another family accused Hamas police of killing a relative and vowed vengeance.
“The blood of our son will not be in vain,” the family said in a statement.
There was no immediate comment by the Hamas-run police about that incident.
Posted by: Fred 2025-04-03 |