Officials said a Palestinian militant group executed...

Officials said a Palestinian militant group executed a Palestinian woman accused of spying for Israel, then dumped her bullet ridden corpse in a public square in the West Bank city of Tulkarm. Ikhlas Khouli, 35, is believed to be the first woman killed for collaborating with Israeli security services during the 23-month uprising against Israeli occupation, Palestinian officials said. Khouli allegedly helped lead the security services earlier this month to the hiding place of a militant commander who was then killed by Israeli troops, Palestinian authorities said. "This woman was killed unlawfully," said Izzedine Sharif, the governor of Tulkarm. "This woman should have been brought to trial and sentenced for her wrongdoing, but we are now under occupation, already 65 days under curfew in our homes, and we have lost any control over the security situation in Tulkarm." According to the Reuters news agency, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militant group linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsability for the execution.