Israeli troops killed a senior Hamas member and another Palestinian gunman in a clash near Hebron on Wednesday. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli troops killed three Palestinians armed with explosives who approached the Jewish settlement of Netzarim, in northern Gaza. Palestinian sources said the three were teen-agers. In another development, three Palestinians died Wednesday in Gaza when a bomb they were making exploded prematurely.
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