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| Islamic State posts Israeli Arab 'spy death video' | Islamic State posts Israeli Arab 'spy death video' |
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| Islamic State (IS) jihadists have posted a video online appearing to show the killing of an Israeli Arab man whom they accused of being a spy. | |
| In the video, a young boy is seen apparently shooting a man the militants identified as Said Ismail Musallam. | In the video, a young boy is seen apparently shooting a man the militants identified as Said Ismail Musallam. |
| IS said Mr Musallam, 19, had posed as a foreign fighter when he joined the militants in Syria. | IS said Mr Musallam, 19, had posed as a foreign fighter when he joined the militants in Syria. |
| It said he later confessed to being a spy for Israel's Mossad - a charge denied by Israel and by his family. | It said he later confessed to being a spy for Israel's Mossad - a charge denied by Israel and by his family. |
| They say Mr Musallam went missing after travelling as a tourist to Turkey in 2014. | They say Mr Musallam went missing after travelling as a tourist to Turkey in 2014. |
| A few months later an online magazine linked to IS carried a long interview in his name in which he confessed he had been sent by Israel to infiltrate the organisation. | |
| Its publication was a clear signal that he had fallen foul of the group and was in danger, our correspondent Kevin Connelly says. | |
| The video purportedly showing Mr Musallam's death has not been independently verified. | |
| It is the latest in a series of IS propaganda videos appearing to show the killing of hostages. | |
| Last month IS militants in Libya released a video showing them beheading 21 Coptic Christians. |