Tel Aviv, June 9 -- Israel released video footage on Sunday showing what it says is the execution of a Palestinian man by Hamas operatives in a Gaza City square over the weekend.

The footage, blurred to obscure the victim, was shared by the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) on its Arabic-language Facebook page, "Al-Monsq."

Maj Gen Ghassan Alian, who heads COGAT, described the act as part of a pattern of violence aimed at maintaining Hamas's grip on power. "Residents of Gaza -- Hamas terrorists and criminals are killing you and do not care about your lives," he said on Facebook. "There is no difference between a dictator who kills in silence and a terrorist who slaughters openly -- both are your enemies and ...