A leader of the Al-Aksa Brigade died when his car blew up Wednesday in the West Bank city of Jenin. At least three other men were wounded in the blast, which was apparently caused when a bomb prepared by the Palestinians detonated prematurely, according to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz.
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