An Israeli civilian and four Palestinian terrorists were killed in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for a landmine that tore through a jeep patrolling the Gaza settlement of Morag on Wednesday, killing a father of five and wounding three soldiers. Troops fired back, killing two Palestinian gunmen at the scene. In the West Bank, Israeli forces shot dead two Hamas fugitives at their hideout north of Ramallah.
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