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Hamas fighter killed in blast during training exercise
Published Monday 22/02/2010 (updated) 22/02/2010 18:24
Gaza – Ma'an – The paramilitary wing of Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades, announced on Monday that one of its combatants was killed in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
"Diya Al-Khalout, from Jabaliya, was martyred on a Jihad mission," a statement issued by the armed group said.
Two combatants were injured following an explosion at a military training camp affiliated to the National Resistance Committees, west of Khan Younis, witnesses reported.
Medics at the An-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said one of the injured had a leg amputated during the blast, while the second was described as moderately injured.
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