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GAZA, Aug 7 (KUNA) -- Al-Quds Brigades (AQB), the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), reported on Sunday the death of the commander of the southern region and a member of the Military Council, Khaled Mansour by the Israeli forces.
In a press release, AQB stated that Mansour was killed in a bombing in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
Gaza's Civil Defense crews were able to retrieve the body of the martyr and a number of his companions, among them one child and two women.
The number of martyrs reached 29, with six children, four women and 253 injured. (end)
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