A Palestinian terrorist was killed in a Gaza Strip clash with Israeli troops. The 22-year-old Hamas man was killed Wednesday while trying to ambush soldiers near Rafah, a flashpoint Palestinian town on the Gaza-Egypt border. Although troops returned fire, the army said the terrorist appeared to have blown himself up while trying to lay a landmine. Hamas said he had been sent on a “jihadi mission.” Hours later, Israeli military aircraft fired on a Hamas mortar crew as it prepared to launch an attack on Gaza Strip settlements. One terrorist was wounded.
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