Hamas Militant Dies After Israeli Ambush
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Israeli undercover troops hiding in a van loaded with vegetables killed a top Hamas militant in a roadside ambush in the Gaza Strip.
Riyad abu Zeid, 32, was traveling in a black Honda along Gaza’s coastal road when the troops emerged from the blue van.
In an exchange of gunfire, he was shot and seriously wounded, the army said.
Troops seized Abu Zeid, who died as he was being taken by helicopter to an Israeli hospital, the army added.
One of the other men in the car was killed, a witness reported, and a third passenger was injured.
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