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Hamas Commander Convicted Of 46 Murders

June 27 2012

Israel

A senior Hamas military leader has been found guilty in an Israeli military court of 46 counts of murder, reports Haaretz (Israel).

A military court also found the Izzad-Din al-Qassam Brigades commander guilty on Wednesday of four counts of accessory to murder and four counts of attempted murder, reported Ynet News.

Prosecutors said Ibrahim Hamed joined Hamas in the 1980s. In 2001, he was released from a Palestinian prison and planned a string of deadly attacks during the...

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