The trial of two suspected Islamic militants charged with the kidnapping and murder of an Israeli soldier and the planning of a Tel Aviv bombing opened at an Israeli military court. The two are suspected of being leaders of a Hamas terrorist cell from the Tsurif village, near Hebron, which was responsible for the deaths of 11 Israelis during the past two years.
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