Three Palestinians executed in Gaza, including Israel 'collaborator'

AE - Gaza authorities executed three men on Saturday, hanging two convicted murderers and a Gazan found guilty of collaborating with
Israel, the Gaza "Hamas-run" ministry of interior said.

It did not name the men and gave few details of the allegations against them, but said one of trio was convicted of kidnapping a boy, raping him and then killing him.

It denounced the man who helped Israel as a "traitor."

The ministry said in a statement the families of the murder victims had been brought immediately before execution to ask them for forgiveness, but refused to offer an amnesty to the killers.

The executions were carried out "in accordance with our religion, rulings of the Palestinian law and in preserving the rights of citizens and achieving the security of the community", the statement said.

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