Hamas kills 11 suspected informers for Israel

Hamas said it shot dead 11 suspected informants for Israel on Friday, a day after an Israeli airstrike on a house in southern Gaza Strip killed three top Hamas military commanders.  The Hamas-run website Al Rai said the 11 were killed by firing squad and warned that ‘the same punishment will be imposed soon on others.’ It suggested a link between the killing of the alleged informers and Israel's targeting of top Hamas leaders, saying that ‘the current circumstances forced us to take such decisions.’ A Gaza security official said the suspected informants were killed in the Gaza City police headquarters. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said the 11 had previously been sentenced by Gaza courts. Al Rai, however, said they were killed after the completion of ‘legal procedures,’ suggesting a hastily arranged hearing, according to AFP.