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Hamas militant killed in southern Gaza military accident

Xinhua, December 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

A militant of the Islamic Hamas movement was killed on Sunday in a military accident in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, medics and the group's armed wing said.

Medical sources at Khan Younis Hospital said that Abdul Rahman Arafat, 24, a resident of the city, was dead on arrival at the hospital. No other injuries were reported.

Hamas's armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, said in a short news text message sent to reporters that confirmed the militant's death, without elaborating.

When militants in the Gaza Strip are killed, armed groups, mostly Hamas and Islamic Jihad, usually say they get accidentally killed during military missions.

Hamas's armed wing is the largest armed military wing in the Gaza Strip and leads armed attacks against Israel, and has previously confronted the Israeli army in three large-scale military offensives waged on Gaza since 2008. Endit