Palestinians condemn man to death for collaborating with Israel

Allan Bani Odeh was found guilty of having killed a commander of the militant wing of the radical Islamic Hamas movement by blowing up his car on November 23. The victim, Ibrahim Bani Odeh, was a distant relative of the defendant. According to Israeli reports he had been involved in the planning of attacks in Israel and had been released from prison in Nablus only hours before he was killed.

His car exploded in the center of the city, with initial reports saying that Israeli helicopter gunships had attacked the man's automobile with rockets.

Israeli reports said the suspected attacker had first escaped to Israel but returned to Nablus a few days later where he turned himself over to the Palestinian judiciary and confessed the killing.

(dpa)