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"Hamas said on Thursday it executed by firing squad two Palestinians convicted by a Gaza military court of collaborating with Israel.
It was the first time that Hamas has carried out formal executions since the Islamist group seized control of the Gaza Strip three years ago from the rival Fatah party of President Mahmoud Abbas, who governs in the occupied West Bank.
A Hamas government official confirmed the executions after the bodies of two men arrived at a Gaza hospital. The group's Interior Ministry said they were carried out by firing squad.
The Palestinian rights group al-Mizan identified the executed men as Mohammed Ismail and Nasser Abu Freh.
London-based Amnesty International had urged Hamas not to carry out several death sentences against Palestinians convicted of murder and of collaborating with Israel."
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