18 alleged Israeli spies shot dead in Gaza
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GAZA gunmen killed 18 alleged spies for Israel yesterday, including seven who were lined up behind a mosque and shot after midday prayers, in response to Israel’s deadly airstrikes against top Hamas leaders.
Two of those killed were women, according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, which called for an immediate halt to what it said were “extra-judicial executions.”
Hamas media portrayed the killings as the beginning of a new crackdown, under the rallying cry of “choking the necks of the collaborators.”
The Al Majd website, which is close to the Hamas security services, said suspects will now be dealt with “in the field” rather than in the courts.
The Hamas-run Al Rai said the same punishment will soon be imposed on others.
The killings came a day after an Israeli airstrike on a house in southern Gaza killed three senior Hamas military leaders.
Earlier in the week, a strike killed the wife and two children of Mohammed Deif, who heads the Hamas military wing. Deif’s fate remains unclear.
Yesterday’s events began with the shooting of 11 alleged informants at the Gaza City police headquarters in the morning. Of the 11, two were women, the Palestinian rights center said.
Later in the day, seven men were killed outside the city’s downtown al-Omari mosque as worshippers were wrapping up noon prayers. Many people were near the mosque at the time, said witness Ayman Sharif.
Gunmen lined up the men against a wall. A piece of paper was affixed above the head of each of them, with his initials and alleged crime, Sharif said.
A gunmen said the seven “had sold their souls to the enemy for a cheap price.” The commander then gave the order to fire.
Sharif said the bodies were collected by an ambulance and the gunmen left.
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