Oct. 13 (EUROPA PRESS) –
A court in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), sentenced two men to death on Thursday for “collaboration” with Israel.
According to information collected by the Palestinian news agency Maan, the sentenced are two men living in Khan Younis and Gaza City, the latter on the run from justice, for “communicating with a hostile actor.”
The court has indicated that the first of them should be executed by firing squad, while the second will be hanged, while stating that both verdicts can be appealed.
Palestinian law contemplates the death penalty for collaboration with Israel, although execution orders must be approved by the president. However, Hamas does not recognize the authority of Mahmoud Abbas, whose term ended in 2009, with no elections since then.
The last executions in Gaza took place in 2016, when three men convicted of murder were executed. Although other death sentences have been handed down since then, they have not been carried out.
Hamas controls the Strip since the administrative separation of 2007 after the Islamist group’s victory in the 2006 legislative elections, not recognized by the international community and which led to clashes with Al Fatá.
