Gaza’s Hamas rulers execute 3 Palestinians over Israel ties
GAZA, Palestinian Territory — The Islamic militant Hamas group ruling the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning executed three Palestinians it had accused of ‘collaborating’ with Israel, a development that was likely spurred by the killing of a senior Hamas commander last month.
Hamas said the men were hanged at a police compound as dozens of Hamas leaders and officials watched the killing.
The three were sentenced months ago for relaying information on attack tunnels and other military details to Israel and were not directly connected to the killing of the senior commander but his death prompted their execution now.
Hamas imposed a lockdown in the wake of the mysterious killing of the militant, Mazen Faqha, 38, who was dead found with four gunshots wounds at the entrance of his Gaza City home.