Ikhlas Khouli was a 35-year-old resident of Tulkarm, West Bank, and mother of seven who was executed in 2002, without trial, by Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade for allegedly collaborating with Israel. She was the first Palestinian woman to be executed for such a crime.[1][2][3]

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  1. ↑ "Palestinians execute woman 'collaborator'". BBC. 2002-08-25. Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  2. ↑ DARAGHMEH, MOHAMMED (2002-08-26). "Tortured son tells of mother's execution". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  3. ↑ Reeves, Phil (2002-08-26). "Palestinians kill Arab woman who 'helped Israel'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-01-18. Palestinian militiamen dragged a mother from her home and shot her in the head in a town square, making her the first Arab woman to be murdered during the intifada for allegedly collaborating with Israel's armed forces. [...] Reports from Tulkarm, a West Bank town that has been under an Israeli military blockade for months, said Ikhlas Khouli, 35, was killed by the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, which believed she helped the Israelis kill one of its members. [...] The woman's son, Bakir, 17, said that armed men had grabbed him, placed a bag over his head, and tortured him until he invented a story about his mother – which led to her death.


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