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‘Suicide bombers’ kill three police officers in the Gaza Strip

Hamas launches a search for suspected Isis cell members following the attacks on two police posts in Gaza city

August 29, 2019 09:18
A Hamas-controlled checkpoint in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday
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Three police officers were killed in two suspected suicide bomb attacks at Hamas police checkpoints in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli media quoted a Hamas official as saying members of a cell linked to Isis had been arrested following the incidents on Tuesday.

The first attack resulted in the death of two police officers when a motorcycle exploded as it approached a checkpoint.

The second attack took place less than an hour later and killed another police officer.

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