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Fri 11 Nov 2009Israel air attack 'kills one'

An Israeli air strike wounded four Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip today, 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.