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Khalil al-Wazir, former deputy to Yasser Arafat, assassinated by Israel

This is the first time Israel has publicly admitted responsibility for the death of Khalil al-Wazir.

A Palestinian man walks past a graffiti of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) and assassinated Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) deputy leader Khalil al-Wazir, also known as Abu Jihad, in Gaza City on August 6, 2009. Israel has finally admitted to killing Wazir, also known by his nom de guerre Abu Jihad.

Mohammed Abed

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