A Hamas terrorist blew himself up by accident in the Gaza Strip. Wednesday’s premature detonation, which killed the 31-year-old man near Khan Younis, came despite pledges by the Islamic group to maintain calm while it considers submitting to a cease-fire called for by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
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