Palestinian police officials announced that they had rounded up some 40 Hamas militants who were plotting attacks on Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. The militants had received $35 million in aid from Iran, the officials said, adding that they had seized arms and explosives during the raid on the Hamas cell.
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