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Article: Suicide bomber linked to Islamic Jihad dies in Gaza attack.
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- United Press International
- Article date:
- October 26, 2000
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GAZA, Oct. 26 (UPI)
The Palestinian suicide bomber who was killed Thursday in Gaza has been identified as a 23-year-old member of the militant Islamic Jihad.
The youth, Nabil El Aareer, a student of the Islamic University in Gaza and an active member of the Islamic Jihad, was killed as he tried to ride a motorcycle into a military convoy south of Gaza city, near the Jewish settlement of Gush Katif, Palestinian sources said. Reports from Israel said the bomber was a schoolboy who was trying to ride a bicycle into an Israeli army outpost in the Gaza Strip when he collided against the outpost's wall.
El Aareer was killed instantly and an Israeli ...