Two Israeli soldiers recently were arrested and accused of selling an assault rifle to a Palestinian arms dealer. The soldiers are cooks at a base near the Hebron Hills. They admitted to selling the M-16 rifle for $1,100, according to details of the investigation released Sunday.
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