30 October 2013 :

The Gaza Court of Appeal confirmed a death sentence by hanging issued by the Gaza Court of First Instance against M. F. A, 27, from Jabalya refugee camp, after convicting him in accordance with the Palestinian Penal Code of 1936 of committing a murder. 
According to PCHR’s documentations, 11 death sentences have been issued in 2013, of which 10 were issued in the Gaza Strip and 1 in the West Bank. Thus, the total number of death sentences issued by the Palestinian Authority has risen to 146, of which 119 were issued in the Gaza Strip and 27 in the West Bank since 1994. Among those issued in the Gaza Strip, 61 have been issued since 2007. The Palestinian Authority also executed 30 death sentences, of which 28 have been executed in the Gaza Strip and 2 in the West Bank. Among those executed in the Gaza Strip, 17 have been executed since 2007 without ratification of the Palestinian President in violation of the law.