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Gaza court sentences 4 to death for ‘spying for Israel’
[IsraelTimes] Court in Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,-run enclave says three of the suspects were sentenced in absentia after having 'fled from justice'A court in the Hamas-run Gazoo Strip on Wednesday sentenced four Paleostinians to death on charges of spying for Israel, a statement and court sources said. The court said in a brief statement that a 23-year-old man from the Zeitoun area south of Gazoo City had been sentenced to death on espionage charges. It did not provide his name. Three other men who "fled from justice" were also found guilty in absentia, it said. 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 liquidations. Hamas, a terror group sworn to Israel's destruction, took over the Gazoo Strip in 2007 after a battle with Fatah, which runs the Paleostinian Authority. Eighty death sentences have been given in Gazoo since that date. The Islamist group has previously carried out executions against those accused of dealing with Israelis, with the killings sometimes taking place in public squares. Under Paleostinian law, collaborators, murderers and narcos can face the death penalty. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-01-14 |
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