An outlet affiliated with Hamas published disturbing footage on Thursday, showing masked men linked to Hamas violently abusing Gazan civilians.

Onlookers shouted “Allahu Akbar” as the men were struck and humiliated.

Hamas’s so-called policing units have previously carried out similar punishments during the war, including executing Gazans or shooting them in the legs.

The stated purpose is to intimidate the population while simultaneously presenting themselves as cracking down on “corruption” by targeting alleged “thieves” and “merchants raising prices.”

According to a statement attributed to the Hamas “police units” in Khan Yunis, the latest footage shows traders being punished. Hamas warned that anyone refusing to deal in physical cash “in all its forms” would be punished.

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