Israel says there is a lack of due process and that human rights were violated. The men were put before firing squads in Nablus and Gaza City on Saturday. They were found guilty of assisting Israel in what the Palestinians call the assassination of Intifada activists. Israeli TV aired amateur video of what it claimed was the execution of Majdi Makawi in Gaza City. A man purported to be Makawi is shown bound to a stake and hooded as he faces a nine-member Palestinian police squad.
Cheers erupt after several volleys of gunfire.
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