A Palestinian court sentenced a Hamas terrorist to 10 years in ???rison with hard labor for involvement in the May 1996 murder of David Boim, 17, an Israeli who emigrated from New York with his family. Amjad Hinawi, 26, pleaded innocent, saying he was driving with Khalil Sharif, 24, near Beit El, when Sharif unexpectedly pulled out a machine gun and opened fired. Sharif was one of three Hamas suicide bombers who detonated near-simultaneous explosions last September at the Ben-Yehuda pedestrian mall in downtown Jerusalem, killing five and wounding more than 190.
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