<p>The Palestinian militant group Lions' Den announced Sunday the extrajudicial killing of a "traitor" in the occupied West Bank.</p>.<p>The group based in the northern city of Nablus said a "traitor" had been "liquidated", in a Telegram post which gave no further details of their identity or activities.</p>.<p>Palestinian public body the Independent Commission for Human Rights also said a man who had been "accused of spying for the Israeli occupation" had been killed on Saturday evening.</p>.<p><strong>Also read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/israeli-army-launches-strikes-in-syria-after-rocket-fire-1207945.html" target="_blank">Israeli army launches strikes in Syria after rocket fire</a></strong></p>.<p>A security source in Nablus, who requested anonymity due to sensitivities surrounding the case, told AFP that the man was shot dead in the Old City.</p>.<p>The source identified the person killed as the same man who appeared in a video circulating on social media, which AFP was not able to verify, confessing to spying on the militant group for Israel.</p>.<p>The Lions' Den group said it would "explain to the public... after completing some security measures".</p>.<p>"We direct our message to every traitor who sells his religion, his conscience, his honour and his nation," added the group, which emerged last year.</p>.<p>The Commission said people should not "take the law into their own hands" and warned extrajudicial killings risk sparking "chaos".</p>.<p>It called treason a "heinous crime" that should be punished through the courts.</p>.<p>Israel has occupied the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War and its forces have killed multiple Lions' Den militants in recent months.</p>.<p>The Palestinian group has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks targeting Israelis in the West Bank, including the killing of a soldier in October.</p>.<p>So far this year, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed the lives of at least 92 Palestinians, 18 Israelis, one Ukrainian and one Italian, according to an AFP count based on official sources on both sides.</p>.<p>These figures include, on the Palestinian side, combatants and civilians, including minors, and on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, including minors, and three members of the Arab minority.</p>
<p>The Palestinian militant group Lions' Den announced Sunday the extrajudicial killing of a "traitor" in the occupied West Bank.</p>.<p>The group based in the northern city of Nablus said a "traitor" had been "liquidated", in a Telegram post which gave no further details of their identity or activities.</p>.<p>Palestinian public body the Independent Commission for Human Rights also said a man who had been "accused of spying for the Israeli occupation" had been killed on Saturday evening.</p>.<p><strong>Also read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/israeli-army-launches-strikes-in-syria-after-rocket-fire-1207945.html" target="_blank">Israeli army launches strikes in Syria after rocket fire</a></strong></p>.<p>A security source in Nablus, who requested anonymity due to sensitivities surrounding the case, told AFP that the man was shot dead in the Old City.</p>.<p>The source identified the person killed as the same man who appeared in a video circulating on social media, which AFP was not able to verify, confessing to spying on the militant group for Israel.</p>.<p>The Lions' Den group said it would "explain to the public... after completing some security measures".</p>.<p>"We direct our message to every traitor who sells his religion, his conscience, his honour and his nation," added the group, which emerged last year.</p>.<p>The Commission said people should not "take the law into their own hands" and warned extrajudicial killings risk sparking "chaos".</p>.<p>It called treason a "heinous crime" that should be punished through the courts.</p>.<p>Israel has occupied the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War and its forces have killed multiple Lions' Den militants in recent months.</p>.<p>The Palestinian group has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks targeting Israelis in the West Bank, including the killing of a soldier in October.</p>.<p>So far this year, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed the lives of at least 92 Palestinians, 18 Israelis, one Ukrainian and one Italian, according to an AFP count based on official sources on both sides.</p>.<p>These figures include, on the Palestinian side, combatants and civilians, including minors, and on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, including minors, and three members of the Arab minority.</p>