“That is a decision for the Palestinians and not for me. If it were up to me, no, but countries are what they are allowed to be, and ideally, I can only condemn public executions like those we have heard of; that is very clear,” stated Mariana Mortágua when asked if the Islamist group could be part of Palestine’s future.
“There is no justice by one’s own hands, whether by Hamas or by Israel,” she continued on the sidelines of a conversation taking place in Lisbon, with Portuguese activists Miguel Duarte and Sofia Aparício, who were on the Global Sumud Flotilla.
The Spanish news agency EFE reported the circulation of videos on social media showing Hamas members executing handcuffed individuals in the streets, alleging these were collaborators with Israel.
The French news agency France-Presse (AFP) specified that eight presumed collaborators with Israel were publicly executed.
After several days of confrontations, witnesses stated on Tuesday that intense fighting was recorded in the eastern part of Gaza City, in the neighborhood of Shujaia, between a Hamas-affiliated unit and armed clans and bands, some of which were reportedly supported by Israel.
The four Portuguese who were part of the Global Sumud flotilla arrived on October 5, at 22:30, at Humberto Delgado airport in Lisbon, where they were awaited by family members and pro-Palestinian supporters.
Mariana Mortágua, actress Sofia Aparício, and activists Miguel Duarte and Diogo Chaves were detained in Israel after Israeli forces intercepted the approximately 50 vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which aimed to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
