Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Hamas sentences four Gazans to death for 'spying' for Israel

Hamas sentenced four Gazans to death by hanging on Wednesday after charging them with spying for Israel, the Israeli news site Ynet reported.

The court said in a brief statement that a 23-year-old man from the Zeitoun area south of Gaza City had been sentenced to death on espionage charges. It did not provide his name.

Three of the accused were sentenced in absentia, as they are thought to have fled from the Gaza Strip.

Under Palestinian law, those convicted of collaboration with Israel, murder and drug trafficking face the death penalty.

A court source told AFP the four were convicted on "charges of spying for the occupation", including "surveillance" and providing information about cars and homes to help Israel plan alleged assassinations.

Before these sentences, 167 people had been sentenced to death by courts in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights...

 i24news.tv
13/1/16

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