A Gaza military court imposed a five-year prison sentence today on Dr. Rashed Mousmar, a Gaza physician who hid wanted terrorists in his home. The court added three years to the sentence–for a total of eight–by revoking a pardon won by Dr. Mousmar after a previous conviction. He was convicted four years ago of maintaining contact with terrorist organizations but served only two years of a five-year sentence.
Although at the time he was pardoned Dr. Mousmar signed a pledge that he would have nothing more to do with terrorists, he continued to shelter them in his Gaza villa. Three terrorists on the wanted list were found hiding there last year and were killed in a shoot-out with Israeli police. Mousmar claimed in court that he had been forced against his will to shelter the terrorists.
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