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The Ministry of the Interior, run by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, announced the execution of five Palestinians, two of whom were convicted of collaborating with Israel in Gaza.
The Hamas statement did not mention the name of the two men or their work, only the initials of the name and age, but made it clear that they provided information that led to the killing of Palestinians.
The statement said, “The Ministry of Interior in Gaza carried out at five in the morning today, Sunday, five death sentences once morest two collaborators with the Israeli occupation and three accused of premeditated murder in Gaza.”
Human rights groups had previously condemned the executions carried out by Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip following its forcible takeover.
Since 2007, when Hamas took control of Gaza and expelled the Fatah movement, it has carried out at least 27 executions, the last of which was in April 2017.
The Interior Ministry statement said the two men accused of spying for Israel were arrested in 2009 and 2015 and “a court convicted them of treason and conspiracy with foreign parties.”
According to the details of the execution, three people were hanged, while two people were executed by firing squad, one of whom was a policeman.
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Security sources told the BBC that one of those executed, a Hamas policeman, used his weapon to kill the father of his wife and a 13-year-old girl, following a family dispute last July.
The crime sparked protests in the Beit Lahia area in northern Gaza, during which houses and shops were burned.
According to the Hamas statement, the death sentences were executed by firing squad once morest the convict (N, A), born in 1978, a resident of Gaza City, and arrested in 2009, on charges of collaborating with hostile foreign parties.
She explained that he was associated with the occupation intelligence in 2001, and provided it with information that led to the targeting and martyrdom of citizens.
The convict (K, S), born in 1968, a resident of Khan Yunis, was executed by hanging, and was arrested in 2015 on charges of communicating with foreign parties.
She indicated that the aforementioned was linked to the occupation intelligence in 1991, and he provided it with all the information requested of him regarding the resistance men, their places of residence, many of their jobs, and the locations of rockets being launched.
The execution was carried out by hanging once morest the convict (A, A), born in 1979, a resident of Gaza City, and arrested in 2004, on charges of kidnapping and killing a female citizen, then escaping from prison and committing another murder, coupled with the felony of kidnapping and robbery in 2009.
The convict (M, Z), born in 1992, a resident of northern Gaza, and arrested in 2013, was executed, on charges of premeditated murder for robbery once morest a citizen.