GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The ministry of interior in the Gaza Strip said two convicted murderers and a man found guilty of treason were hanged early Saturday.
Gaza City's military court sentenced one man for collaboration with Israeli intelligence and involvement in a murder.
Another was found guilty of premeditated murder by a court in Deir al-Balah, and the third of kidnapping, raping and killing a boy under 16 by a Khan Younis court.
The ministry of interior said relatives of the victims did not agree to an amnesty for the death penalty sentences.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights said in early March that since Hamas took power in the Gaza Strip, the government has issued 38 death sentences. Four have been upheld since the start of 2012, it added.
While a de-facto moratorium on executions was put in place by the Fatah-led administration in the West Bank, the Hamas-led government does not recognize provisions that require President Mahmoud Abbas to ratify death sentences.
Fatah and Hamas have run rival administrations in Gaza and the West Bank since their violent split in 2007.
On Thursday, Amnesty International urged the government not to carry out four pending death sentences. It said executions handed down by military courts do not meet international fair trial standards. more
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