— Four Palestinian terrorists were sentenced Wednesday to life imprisonment by a military court in Gaza. They had been convicted of committing acts of terrorism resulting in the deaths of two Israelis and the wounding of others when they tossed grenades at Israeli vehicles driving through the Gaza Strip last January and February. The four were identified as Riad Hilas, Sufian al-Haddad and Muain Musallam, all 21-years-old, and Faiz Fadaweh, 29.
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