On 25 May he was one of three men publicly executed for the crime of helping Israel assassinate the Hamas military chief Mazen Fuqha. Hamas took the unprecedented step of sealing its own borders and setting checkpoints up across Gaza as it hunted the culprits. But it has previously assassinated senior militants from the air and Israel has without doubt recruited collaborators in the territory. Since Hamas took control of the region in 2007, Gaza has been subject to exceptionally close cyber and electronic surveillance by Israel. But while Hamas relies on stigma and violent deterrence, Israel has total control over the movement of Gaza’s people.

Source: The Guardian July 19, 2017 13:50 UTC