An Israeli border policeman was killed Saturday in a suicide bombing at the Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Three other Israelis were wounded in the attack that killed Cpl. Kfir Ohayun, 20, of Eilat. Hamas and the Al-Aksa Brigade, the terrorist wing of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement, took joint responsibility for the attack.
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