An Arab terrorist was killed and an Israeli soldier injured this morning during an encounter between Arab terrorists and an Israeli army patrol west of the Jebaliya camp in the Gaza Strip. Three terrorists threw a hand grenade at the passing Israeli patrol, injuring one Israeli soldier. Other members of the patrol opened fire at the terrorists and killed one of them while the other two escaped. Searches were conducted to locate the two who got away. Meanwhile, four terrorists who penetrated into Israel from Syria last March, and were captured after a clash with an Israeli army patrol, were sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a military tribunal in Kuneitra. Four other terrorists were killed in the encounter. Three of the four terrorists sentenced yesterday are Jordanians. The fourth is a Yemenite citizen who said he was forced to take action against Israel after he was captured in Jordan by a Fatah unit.
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