An Israeli soldier died from wounds he suffered Saturday, when a Palestinian policeman opened fire after infiltrating the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom in the Gaza Strip. Sharon Shitubi, 21, was a member of a top secret unit of the Israel Defense Force’s Golani Brigade.
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