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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·FEBRUARY 19, 2017
Palestinian Territories

GAZA: HAMAS CONDEMNS 6 ‘INFORMANTS FOR ISRAEL’ TO DEATH BY HANGING

Six Gazans were condemned to be hanged over charges they informed for Israel, two Hamas-run military courts ruled.

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Six Gazans were condemned to be hanged over charges they informed for Israel, two Hamas-run military courts ruled.
Three men were sentenced to hang by the permanent military court and death sentences for another three were upheld by the supreme military court, according to a statement on the Hamas-run Gaza Palestinian interior ministry website.
Sunday’s (February 19) verdicts raise the number of people on death row to 10.
Seven other people were given prison sentences Sunday ranging from 12 to 17 years long for spying for Israel.
The supreme military court also granted an appeal to a 24-year-old who was sentenced to hang for spying, and instead sentenced him to an unspecified term of hard labor in prison.
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  • (Sources: timesofisrael.com, AP, AFP, 19/02/2017)