A leading Palestinian terrorist was killed when an Israeli helicopter fired missiles at his car. According to Palestinian officials, Motassem Dayem was a leader of the Al-Aksa Brigades, the military arm of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement.
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