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Mahmoud Eshtewi (sometimes spelled "Mahmoud Ishtiwi" Arabic: محمود رشدي اشتيوي, romanized: Maħmoud Rushdi Eshtewi, Hebrew: מחמוד א-שתיווי)[1][2][3][4] The Qassam Brigades (militant wing of the Hamas movement) announced that they had executed him by firing squad for Arabic: تجاوزاته السلوكية والأخلاقية, lit. 'behavioral and ethical transgressions' that he allegedly confessed to. Human Rights Watch reported that the confession was obtain by torture. Eshtewi was survived by his two widows and his three children.[5]

Preceding events[edit]

See also: 2014 Gaza War, Extrajudicial killings in the Gaza Strip, and baby Ali Deif

Arrest[edit]

Eshtewi was arrested on early 2015, as part of the investigation inyothe attempted targeted killing of Deif.[6] During his lengthy detention, his family held several protests in front of the house of Ismail Haniyeh, deputy political leader of the group, until they were attacked by Hamas security forces.[7]

Death[edit]

In February 2016, Al Qassam claimed they had executed Mahmoud Eshtewi, the commander of Al-Qassam's Zeitoun Battalion.[8] The alleged offences were described evasively, the stated reason was Arabic: تجاوزاته السلوكية والأخلاقية التي أقر بها, lit. 'for behavioral and moral violations, to which he confessed'[9],[9] which some western news media interpreted as a euphemism for homosexual activity, see below.[10][11]

Local sources clarified that Shteiwi was convicted of spying for Israel.[12] The Qassam Brigades alleged that Ishtiwi had been executed by firing squad,[9] but people who saw his body before burial alleged that he might have died in custody and been shot after death.[4][9]

one of the group’s leading commanders, for very ambiguous reasons. Most reliable sources described the charges as unnamed or undefined.[13][4][2][9] The stated reason was “for behavioral and moral violations to which he confessed” (Arabic: تجاوزاته السلوكية والأخلاقية التي أقر بها)[2][3][9] Whatever it may refer to, the confession was probably obtained by torture,[9][4] which may have been a common occurrence.[14] Before his death, his family had been told that the death penalty charge - treason (giving information to Israel that causes the deaths of Palestinians) - had been dropped.[9] There is some suspicion that Eshtewi died in custody and was shot after death, from reports of people who saw his body before burial and thought the bullet wounds looked suspicious.[2][9] The New York Times and other media from the USA interpreted the vague charges as a reference to a sex with another man.[5][15]

Jihad Jabri's story[edit]

The tunnel files[edit]

On 2024 the IDF claimed they found files relating to the torture of Mahmoud Eshtewi in the tunnels of Gaza.

Translations on of the changes [edit]

The political wing of the Hamas movement and the Qassam Brigades have both said very little publicly about the case. The alleged offences were described evasively, the stated reason was Arabic: تجاوزاته السلوكية والأخلاقية التي أقر بها, lit. 'for behavioral and moral violations, to which he confessed', English language media translated this in a diverse aray of ways.

Variable translations of the charges[edit]

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Key Words[edit]

Arabic: تجاوزاته السلوكية والأخلاقية

Arabic word
in charges 		English Base Word [A] Definition Notes
تجاوزاته "his transgressions"
تجاوزات
تَجَاوُز • (tajāwuz)
(plural تَجَاوُزَات (tajāwuzāt))
السلوكية سلوكي
و "and" In Arabic this conjunction is joined to the flowing word.
الأخلاقية أخلاقي
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Footnotes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pfeffer, Anshel (13 May 2024). "Hamas leader's torture tactics revealed in IDF tunnel raid". The Times. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "تعذيب وموت محتجز لدى حماس في غزة". Human Rights Watch (in Arabic). 16 February 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2024. لتجاوزاته السلوكية والأخلاقية التي أقر بها - For his behavioral and moral transgressions that he acknowledged.
  3. ^ a b "Implementation of the death sentence issued against Phalange member Mahmoud Eshtewi". Military Information Department of EQB. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "פלסטין: עציר עונה ומת בידי חמאס - Human Rights Watch" (in Hebrew). 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  5. ^ a b Hadid, Diaa; Waheidi, Majd Al (1 March 2016). "Hamas Commander, Accused of Theft and Gay Sex, Is Killed by His Own". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023. Adding a layer of scandal to the story, he was accused of moral turpitude, by which Hamas meant homosexuality." … "Mr. Ishtiwi, who is survived by two wives and three children…
  6. ^ https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4763162,00.html
  7. ^ https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4763162,00.html
  8. ^ Pfeffer, Anshel (10 March 2024). "Hamas leader's torture tactics revealed in IDF tunnel raid". The Times.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i "تعذيب وموت محتجز لدى حماس في غزة". Human Rights Watch (in Arabic). 16 February 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2024. لتجاوزاته السلوكية والأخلاقية التي أقر بها - For his behavioral and moral transgressions that he acknowledged.
  10. ^ Hadid, Diaa; Waheidi, Majd Al (1 March 2016). "Hamas Commander, Accused of Theft and Gay Sex, Is Killed by His Own". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  11. ^ Moore, Jack (2 March 2016). "Hamas executed a prominent commander after accusations of gay sex". Newsweek. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  12. ^ ""رايتس ووتش" تدين إعدام أحد عناصر كتائب القسام – DW – 2016/2/8". dw.com (in Arabic). Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 17 June 2024. Machine translation: Local sources clarified that Shteiwi was convicted of spying for Israel.
  13. ^ "Hamas kills a local commander for unnamed 'violations'". AP News. AP. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  14. ^ https://www.hrw.org/report/2012/10/03/abusive-system/failures-criminal-justice-gaza
  15. ^ Moore, Jack (2 March 2016). "Hamas executed a prominent commander after accusations of gay sex". Newsweek. Retrieved 6 April 2016. Hamas announced that the man in charge of a number of the group's tunnels used for smuggling and surprise attacks had been executed for moral turpitude, a Hamas term for homosexuality[better source needed] … a Hamas[who?] investigation alleged that Ishtiwi had hidden money designated for his unit's weapons, before an unnamed man claimed to have had sex with him, providing details about their meetings. The investigation concluded that the money Ishtiwi had stolen had been used to pay the man for sexual relations or to bribe him to keep Ishtiwi's secret. Note: The phrase translated by this source as "moral turpitude" is translated in other sources as "moral transgressions", and there is no evidence of it being used in any other context to specifically refer to Men who have Sex with Men (MSM).
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