Hamas sentences 3 to death for spying for Israel, upholds 3 more rulings

Hamas militants executing alleged collaborators with Israel in August 2014

All were convicted of treason, and some charged with causing the death and injury of Gazans 

Authorities in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip have sentenced 6 men to death for "collaborating" with Israel, the Palestinian Safa press service reports. 

3 of the sentences were new while the other 3 were sentences that were upheld following appeal. 

The Associated Press reports that Sunday's sentences bring the number of people on death row to 10, 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 1 of the convicted, born in 1968, began working with Israel in 1991, said Safa. 

3 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. 

Execution orders must be approved by the Palestinian president before they can be carried out, but Hamas no longer recognizes the legitimacy of Mahmoud Abbas whose 4-year term ended in 2009. 

In the past, Hamas has come under fire from human rights groups for executing suspected collaborators without a trial. 

Sometimes Gazans are accused of being collaborators based on mere rumor and at other times those who fall out of favor with Hamas are deemed collaborators and executed. 

Source: 124news.tv, February 19, 2017

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