Amnesty International says Hamas killed, tortured dozens of Palestinians last year

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In a report released Wednesday, Amnesty International says that the militant group Hamas tortured and killed dozens of Palestinians during the war against Israel in the Gaza Strip last year, taking advantage of the "chaos of the conflict" to carry out "spine-chilling actions, some of which amount to war crimes."

The report says that during July and August, dozens of people were arrested and tortured, and at least 23 were executed, the Los Angeles Times reports. Amnesty International says that Hamas targeted members of Fatah, its rival political faction and the political base of the Palestinian Authority. "It is absolutely appalling that while Israeli forces were inflicting massive death and destruction upon the people in Gaza, Hamas forces took the opportunity to ruthlessly settle scores," Phillip Luther, Middle East and North Africa program director for Amnesty International, said in a statement.

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.