Hamas buried a militant leader Tuesday and threatened to carry out more terror attacks in Israel. Awad Silmi, who died when the bomb he was preparing in the Gaza Strip exploded prematurely, was in charge of a unit that planted roadside bombs, according to Hamas officials.
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