Amateur video shows execution, Israeli TV says

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JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel is sharply criticizing the Palestinian Authority's execution of two Palestinians convicted of collaborating with Israel.

Israel says there is a lack of due process and human rights were violated. The men were put before firing squads in Nablus and Gaza City on Sunday.

They were found guilty of assisting Israel in what the Palestinians call the assassination of intifada activists.

Israeli television aired amateur video of what it claimed was the execution of Majdi Mikkawi in Gaza City. A man purported to be Mikkawi is shown bound to a stake and hooded as he faces a nine-member Palestinian police squad. Cheers erupt after several volleys of gunfire.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ratified the death sentences following quick trials.

Palestinian authorities say they will carry out more trials and more executions of whom they say are collaborators with Israel.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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