A 19-year-old Israeli soldier who was critically wounded during a roadside bombing in the Gaza Strip died of his injuries Thursday. The bombing, blamed on Palestinian militants, occurred Wednesday near the Jewish settlement of Netzarim. Israeli troops were escorting a convoy of Jewish settlers heading to the isolated settlement when the attack occurred.
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