Hamas defends killing of collaborators during Gaza war

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GAZA CITY (AFP) — The Hamas-run government in Gaza on Monday endorsed the killing of Israeli collaborators but denied allegations it had attacked members of the rival Fatah faction during last month's war.

"The government differentiates between violations of the law and those acts undertaken by the resistance during a time of war to protect itself from the danger of collaborators," government spokesman Taher al-Nunu told reporters.

"The government will show no mercy to collaborators who stab our people in the back, and they will be held accountable according to the law... if any collaborator is sentenced to death, we will not hesitate to carry it out."

His remarks came after Palestinian human rights groups and victims accused the Hamas authorities of attacking dozens of members of the rival Fatah party of president Mahmud Abbas whom the Islamists accused of working for Israel.

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1. Not particularly shocking.

They somehow justify firing rockets into Israeli neighborhoods so this isn't exactly a leap.