WORLD IN BRIEF : ISRAEL : 6 Killed in Bloodiest Day Since Peace Pact
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Five Palestinians and an Israeli were killed in clashes in Israel’s occupied territories. It was the highest single-day death toll in the occupied territories since a peace accord was signed Sept. 13. A nine-hour gun battle with soldiers in Hebron ended in the deaths of three prison escapees and a fourth man. One soldier was wounded. In the Gaza Strip, an Islamic militant stabbed an Israeli to death and seriously wounded another before being shot and killed.
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