Two Israelis were killed and more than a dozen wounded in separate suicide bombings. Yehezkel Yekutieli, a 43-year-old father of two, was killed in a blast Tuesday morning in the Israeli city of Rosh Ha’ayin. Erez Hershkovitz, 18, was killed in an attack near the West Bank settlement of Ariel. The Fatah movement’s Al- Aksa Brigade claimed responsibility for the Rosh Ha’ayin attack, and Hamas claimed responsibility for the Ariel attack.
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