A court in the Gaza Strip has sentenced seven people to death by hanging for "collaboration" with Israel.  

The military court in the Hamas controlled enclave sentenced seven others to "life imprisonment with hard labour".

Local authorities said the individuals sentenced to death had provided information to Israel on terror groups in Gaza. 

These included names, phone numbers, addresses and weapons caches in return for money.

One of the defendants was allegedly given a permit to work in Israel in return for providing information.

Under Palestinian law, a death sentence requires the approval of the president of the Palestinian Authority which is headquartered in the occupied West Bank.

But since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, the group has repeatedly ignored this, and last September executed two Palestinians for "collaboration" with Israel as well as three others for murder.

The military court in Gaza has regularly issued death sentences for people found guilty of "collaboration" with Israel.

In April, two people were sentenced to death and four others were given life sentences on the same charges of collaborating with Israel. At least 17 death sentences were issued in 2022 in the Gaza Strip.