Hamas sentences three to death for spying for Israel, upholds three more rulings

Authorities in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip have sentenced six men to death for "collaborating" with Israel, the Palestinian Safa press service reports.


Three of the sentences were new while the other three were sentences that were upheld following appeal.

The Associated Press reports that Sunday's sentences bring the number of people on death row to ten, and several others are appealing the same conviction.

According to the Safa report, all were convicted of treason, and some of the men were charged with causing the death and injury of Gazans through their actions.

Hamas authorities believe that one of the convicted, born in 1968, began working with Israel in 1991, said Safa.

Three of the accused were from Jabalya, in the northern Gaza Strip, and the others were from Gaza City and Khan Younis.

Under Palestinian law, those convicted of collaboration with Israel, murder and drug trafficking face the death penalty.
 [i24news.tv]
19/2/17