28 May 2009 :

the Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement is trying to find a legal justification to carry out death penalties in the Gaza Strip without the need of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' approval, a spokesman said.
"There is a committee studying how to implement the execution penalties against a number of people in Gaza," said Taher al-Noono, spokesman of the deposed Hamas government.
"The committee comprises legal experts from the government and officials from the Ministry of Justice and may raise its recommendation soon," al-Noono added.
"A number of death verdicts have accumulated against some collaborators with the Zionist occupation in addition to others who committed killings in the past," al-Noono said.
"If the committee approved the executions, we would implement its decision," he added.