Hamas executes convicted Israeli spies after breakneck trial
Despite the legal issues that emerged in the prosecution of three men convicted of killing a Hamas military commander, Hamas carried out their execution in a matter of days of the trial's conclusion.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas' Interior Ministry executed three citizens convicted of assassinating Mazen Faqha, a former prisoner in Israel and senior operative in Hamas’ military wing. Faqha was shot dead March 24 in front of his house in Tel al-Hawa in the south of Gaza.
The men were executed May 25, only four days after a field military court in Gaza issued death sentences for the convicted killer Ashraf Abu Leila (execution by hanging), and his accomplices, Hisham Alloul (execution by hanging) and Abdullah al-Nashar (execution by firing squad). They were convicted of spying for Israel, surveilling Faqha and providing information that facilitated his assassination.
