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GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: A court in the Gaza Strip on Sunday sentenced Three men to death over the assassination of a Hamas military commander that the Islamist movement accused Israel of masterminding.
After a trial that lasted four days, two of the accused were sentenced to be hanged and one to be shot, the military court an**unced. The assassination of Mazen Faqha in the middle of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on March 24 shocked the Islamist movement and raised the possibility of a new round of violence with Israel. Hamas immediately blamed its arch-enemy, with which it has fought Three wars since 2008, and implemented strict border restrictions on those seeking to leave the Palestinian enclave. Israel has **t confirmed or denied the accusations. In Sunday’s court ruling, the chief suspect, Ashraf Abu Leila, 38, was sentenced to hang after being convicted of murder. Hisham al-Aloul, 44, was also sentenced to hang, and Abdallah al-Nashar, 38 and who had been a member of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’s presidential guard, will face the firing squad. أكثر... |
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