Hamas carried out mass public executions in Gaza on Monday (October 13), hours after a peace treaty with Israel was officially signed, in gruesome footage obtained and authenticated by the BBC .

The video shows eight blindfolded and badly beaten men kneeling in the street before being shot to death by militant gunmen in front of a cheering crowd, with Hamas claiming the killings targeted "criminals and collaborators with Israel," despite not providing evidence. Ahmad Zidan al-Tarabin , who was reportedly responsible for recruiting agents to a rival non-Hamas-aligned militia, was identified as one of the men killed in the public executions, according to the Israeli outlet Ynet via the New York Post .

Hamas reportedly reasserted its control over Gaza following the withdrawal

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