The Permanent Military Court in Gaza issued a 10-day ultimatum on Wednesday for five suspects to surrender themselves to the military judiciary, Safa News Agency has reported. The court said that the five suspects would be classified as fugitives if they do not comply, and will be tried and sentenced in absentia. …

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A military court in Gaza City sentenced two men to death on Sunday after they were found guilty of alleged drug dealing. It reportedly marked the first time that the death penalty was used in Gaza for a drug-related offense, though a number of Palestinians have …

GAZA (Ma’an) — A Gaza military court sentenced eight Palestinians affiliated to the Fatah party — three of whom to life in prison — for gathering information about Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza for intelligence forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The court, which only identified the defendants by their …

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a presidential decree on Wednesday releasing officer Osama Mansour after a Ramallah military court sentenced him to a year in prison for a Facebook post critical of Abbas.Mansour, who served as the director of public relations and media at the Palestinian military …

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The EU Missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah condemned three death sentences issued by the Hamas-ruled government in the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday for individuals suspected of collaborating with Israel, calling the policy “cruel and inhuman” in a statement released Thursday.The statement reiterated the EU’s opposition to …

Al Mezan Center for Human Rights (Al Mezan) views with grave concern the announcement of impending execution of death sentences by the authorities in the Gaza Strip. If carried out, these executions will be done without the approval of the president of the Palestinian Authority as stipulated in Palestinian law. According …

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A military court in the Gaza Strip on Monday sentenced five Palestinians to death after they were found guilty of collaborating with Israel.A source in the blockaded territory’s Hamas-run judiciary system told Ma’an that three of those convicted were from Gaza City, aged 31, 38, and …

GAZA CITY (AFP) — A Hamas military court in the Gaza Strip on Monday sentenced a Palestinian to death for allegedly providing information to Israel that led to Palestinians being killed, judicial sources said.The 28-year-old man was identified only by the initials N.A. and no other details on the accusations …

On Saturday, the High Representative and Vice President Federica Mogherini visited EUPOL COPPS mission in Ramallah. In her first visit as European Union Head of Foreign Policy, she spent two days meeting with high level representatives in ‘Israel’ and the occupied West Bank. Federica Mogherini took the opportunity of this …