Gaza - Hamas Court Convicts 4 in Murder of Activist - NYTimes.com A Hamas military court on Monday convicted four Palestinians of taking part in the 2011 kidnapping and killing of a pro-Palestinian Italian activist in the Gaza Strip. Two of the defendants received life sentences for kidnapping and killing the activist, Vittorio Arrigoni, left, in April 2011. A third man was sentenced to 10 years for taking part in the kidnapping, and a fourth defendant was sentenced to a year for sheltering the kidnappers, said Khalil Shahin of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights. At the time, an extremist Salafist group claimed responsibility for kidnapping Mr. Arrigoni, 36, and demanded that Hamas release all Salafists from its prisons. Mr. Arrigoni was found dead before the kidnappers" deadline had expired. The suspects were later captured by Hamas's security force. Mr. Arrigoni was a member of the International Solidarity Movement, a pro-Palestinian activist organization with foreign volunteers in the West Bank and Gaza.