An Arab terrorist who escaped from a top security prison in Ashkelon where he was serving a life sentence last May 10, was killed today in a clash with an Israeli patrol in a Gaza Strip refugee camp. One Israeli soldier was slightly wounded in the clash.
The prisoner, Ahmad Shehadeh Mohammad Amran, was the object of a nationwide manhunt after he escaped from prison concealed in a bread truck. He was discovered today in a bunker in the Nouseirath refugee camp and opened fire when ordered to come out.
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