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Gaza, Aug. 24 -- As Israel and the Palestinians circle each other in a wary and increasingly fractious quest for a final peace agreement, the spotlight only rarely settles these days on a small, wizened, straggly bearded man in a wheelchair whose antagonism to Israel could one day unsettle or even destroy any deal that establishes a Palestinian state pledged to coexistence with Israel.

Jerusalem, Aug. 27 -- "Friendly fire" may have been responsible for killing three Israeli soldiers in a bungled West Bank antiterror operation on Saturday, Israeli officials acknowledged today. But they defended the late-night attack on the hideout of a man accused of terrorism who heads Israel's most-wanted list.