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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle in northern Gaza late Monday, fatally wounding a senior Palestinian militant, witnesses and officials said.
A man identified by witnesses as Ibrahim Abu Olba, 42, from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was hit in a missile blast as he was getting out of his car.
The victim, whose small militant faction that has claimed responsibility for recent rocket attacks against Israel, died of his wounds in a Gaza hospital, Dr. Moaiya Hassanain of the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Three bystanders were also hurt.
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