PLO's code-named "Hitler" - murdering 13 Arabs who cooperated with the Israelis (1972)

Submitted by Jack DH (United States), Sep 20, 2022 at 19:12

The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana on June 19, 1972 · Page 12

Jun 19, 1972 — ... Two Gaza Arabs Get Life Terms

GAZA (AP) Two Gaza Arabs, one a 16-year-old youth whose guerrilla organization code-named him "Hitler," were sentenced to life in prison Sunday for murdering 13 Arabs who cooperated with the Israelis.
The two gave themselves up voluntarily last March because, they said, Israeli troops were closing in on them, and they had heard Israel afford. Humane treatment to guerrillas who surrendered. But the Israeli military judge, Capt. Yoram Galin, said: 'Their crimes were so horrible that the fact that they surrendered cannot be considered a "litigating circumstance." He said he regretted he was barred from sentencing them to death. Mahmoud Jeni Zida, 24, and Abdul Hai Aita, 16, who was code-named "Hitler." by his organization, the Palestine Liberation Force, pleaded guilty.

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