166 Gaza Strip 1. Until the abolishment of the death penalty within the Palestinian legal system is achieved, the Government in the Gaza Strip should halt the carrying out of death sentences imposed by the courts, and do so in compliance with the increasing international demand to cancel the death penalty from national laws. 2. The bodies engaged in the work of the Public Prosecution should investigate all murder cases in order to bring the perpetrators to justice, especially in those cases of honor killing documented by ICHR this year and in previous years. They should also investigate the cases of women killed due to citizens’ misuse of firearms. 3. The Government in the Gaza Strip should, through its different ministries, shoulder its responsibility for monitoring tunnels and prevent their proliferation, as well as handling the effects and results of their use in accordance with the law, using exceptional mechanisms to protect citizens against the dangers of using them and following up certain mechanisms to redress the tunnels’ victims in accordance with the law. 4. The departments of the Government in the Gaza Strip should order the security agencies holding citizens to refrain from using torture and ill‐ treatment in the detention centers and prisons, and punish the perpetrators. They should also ensure psychological and physical rehabilitation and redress for the victims of torture. 5. The bodies engaged in the work of the Public Prosecution should investigate the allegations of infringement of the right to life and physical safety by the military personnel, especially in the detention centers, to ensure the success of the cases referred to the military judiciary in this regard, and not to allow perpetrators of these violations to escape justice. 6. The bodies engaged in the work of the Police and Internal Security Agencies should investigate the allegations of torture and ill‐treatment and take the appropriate measures against the perpetrators of these crimes.

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