Members of Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas escort an alleged collaborator with Israel, who was convicted in participating in killing senior Hamas commander Mazen Fuqaha, as he arrives to a Hamas-run military court in Gaza City May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza's ruling Hamas movement delivered death sentences on Sunday to three Palestinians it ruled had taken part in what it said was an Israeli-directed assassination of one of the Islamist group's senior commanders.
A Hamas security court said the three men had confessed to the killing of Mazen Fuqaha, a Hamas military wing commander, who was shot in the head and the chest in his car on March 24 near his Gaza home.
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