A terrorist wanted by Israeli authorities since 1969 was shot and killed by the Israeli army after a brief gun battle on Mt. Hebron near Halhoul last Friday. The dead man, Ismail Hammed, 27, known as Waffa, was responsible for the shelling of Jerusalem with Katyusha rockets and the planting of mines, one of which caused the death of four Israeli soldiers in April 1971.
He is also believed responsible for the recent bombs planted on buses, one of which exploded this year in Kiryat Gat injuring 20 people. Authorities said Hammed, who was alone, had with him hand grenades and a Kalashnikoff assault rifle. There were no Israeli casualties in the brief battle.
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