Executive Force arrests three “collaborators”

Monday September 10, 2007 15:27 by John Smith - IMEMC & agencies

The Hamas-affiliated Executive Force on Sunday arrested three Rafah residents on suspicion of collaborating with Israeli intelligence over the abduction of senior Hamas official Mhawesh al-Qadi.

Members of the Executive Force

The three were arrested after an Executive Force-led investigation into al-Qadi’s kidnapping concluded that the operation could only have been made possible through local Palestinian collaboration.

Meanwhile, Israeli Public Security Minister Avi Dichter on Monday branded the captured Hamas official as a major bargaining chip in securing the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

The Hamas movement, for their part, refuted such claims, arguing that al-Kadi’s involvement in the Shalit affair ended some time ago, and that the official had no information regarding his location.

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