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Israeli Navy Kills 4 Palestinians In Diving Gear

   VOA News 07 June 2010
   Mourners  surround the body of Palestinian militant Ibrahim Al-Wahidi,
   25,  as  they  pray  at  a  Gaza  City  mosque,  prior  to his funeral
   procession, 07 Jun 2010

Photo: AP

   Mourners  surround the body of Palestinian militant Ibrahim Al-Wahidi,
   25,  as  they  pray  at  a  Gaza  City  mosque,  prior  to his funeral
   procession, 07 Jun 2010

   The  Israeli  military has killed four Palestinian militants in diving
   gear off the coast of Gaza.
   Hamas  says  four  bodies  have  been found, with one or two other men
   still missing.
   The  Israeli  military said navy forces prevented an attack by what it
   called "a squad of terrorists wearing diving suits."
   Palestinian  sources  said  the  four  men  killed were members of the
   Al-Aqsa  Martyrs'  Brigades,  an  extremist  offshoot  of  Palestinian
   President  Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction.  The group says the men were
   taking  part  in  a  pre-dawn  training exercise Monday when they were
   killed.
   The incident comes one week after an Israeli commando raid killed nine
   pro-Palestinian activists.  The Turkish ship Mavi Marmara was part of
   a convoy trying to break a three-year-old Israeli blockade and deliver
   aid directly to Gaza.
   In  another incident Monday, Palestinian officials said Israel fired a
   missile at Palestinian militants in northern Gaza, wounding one.
   Israel  sealed its borders with Gaza after Hamas seized control of the
   territory from the more moderate Palestinian faction Fatah in 2007.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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