Seven Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israeli authorities were murdered in the Gaza Strip in two days this week.
The Al Fatah faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization claimed responsibility for three of the killings. The Islamic fundamentalist Hamas movement said it was responsible for four.
Two weeks ago, Hamas declared an end to the so-called amnesty period during which collaborators could turn themselves in without being killed.
In January, the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem called for a halt to the torture and killings of Palestinians alleged to be collaborators.
B’Tselem estimated that since the start of the Palestinian uprising, or intifada, in December 1987, Palestinians have killed between 750 and 950 of their own people accused of collaborating with the Israeli authorities.
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