(Ynet News) Alex Fishman - News stories about bodies found at sea are occasionally published by Gaza newspapers, yet not all them chose to go swimming voluntarily. The Gazans who found their death at sea include mid-level officials at government ministries, alongside police and security officers. Some of them were shot in the head before being sent on their "swim." All of the victims were designated as traitors by the secret service of Hamas' military wing and executed as collaborators. Posters urging a war on collaborators hang in the streets, and the issue is discussed on the radio and during sermons at mosques. In the upcoming school year, teachers will be asked to explain that good, suspicious children will turn in their parents.
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