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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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GAZA | Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:29am EST

GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike wounded four Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian medical workers said, but Israel said one of them had been killed.

The Israeli military said the strike targeted militants in the Hamas-controlled territory who were about to fire rockets into southern Israel. It said a gunman from a pro-al Qaeda group was killed.

The four gunmen were members of Islamic Jihad, the militant group said, adding that one was seriously wounded.

The strike came as reports this week suggested Israel and the Islamist group Hamas could be nearing a prisoner swap deal that would secure the release of a captured Israeli soldier.

But Hamas officials said the indirect negotiations have hit a snag and are on hold until the end of the four-day Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.

(Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi, Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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