Israeli commandos killed three Fatah terrorists who had hidden in Yasser Arafat’s West Bank compound. The three fugitives were shot dead in their car by undercover Israeli police in Ramallah on Sunday. They had been among dozens of Fatah and Al-Aksa Brigade terrorists who Arafat sheltered in the compound in the city for months, but who left after the Palestinian Authority president died Nov. 11.
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