A military court in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Monday sentenced 6 people, including a woman, to death by hanging for "collaborating" with Israel, authorities said.
In total 14 people were sentenced for "collaborating with the occupation," with 6 sentenced to be hanged, the interior ministry in Gaza said.
The rulings come 3 weeks after 8 people were killed when an alleged Israeli army cell in Gaza was uncovered, leading to a vicious fire fight.
Hamas fired hundreds of rockets at Israel in response, with the Jewish state striking dozens of targets in Gaza before a ceasefire agreement.
The 6 sentenced to death Monday were not related to the November 11 flare-up.
The woman, named only as Amal, was sentenced in absentia and is alleged to have encouraged her nephew in Gaza to collaborate with Israeli intelligence.
Iyad al-Bozum, the spokesman of the interior ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza, hailed the rulings.
"Collaborators must realise the (Israeli) occupation will not be able to protect them," he told a news conference.
Hamas and its allies have fought 3 wars with Israel since 2008.
Source: al-monitor.com, December 3, 2018
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