Death penalty for three Palestinians under charges of 'dealing' with Israel

The security court of the state of Palestine in Nablus on Tuesday issued a death penalty of three Palestinians under the charges of " dealing with Israel" while a fourth Palestinian was sentenced to imprisonment for 15 years because he is under 18 year old.

These sentences were voiced just few hours from killing the 8 Palestinians in an attack by the Israeli army at the headquarters of the Islamic resistance moevement ( Hamas).

Palestinian sources explained that the four Palestinians were arrested after the killing of the official in the Fatah movement in Toulkarem, the director general of the Palestinian ministry of health Thabe Thabet who was assassinated on December 31st, 2000 in the West Bank.

Death sentences by bullets fire are only carried out after the consent of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat who can alleviate such sentences. The first death penalty sentence was carried out on January 13 this year against Palestinians in Nablus and in Gaza. Other Palestinians were also sentenced under charges of dealing with Israel.

In Gaza, the attorney general of the higher security state Khaled al-Qidra said that a number of " hireling" will face death sentences in case of accusations were proven before the state's security courts this week.