Palestinian Authority general secretary Tayeb Abdel-Rahim said the guerrilla was Darwish Abu Khatla, a leader of the Fatah Hawks in Rafah who fled to Libya two years ago to escape capture by Israel.
He said Israeli soldiers also killed two members of Force 17, a unit that provides bodyguards for PLO leader Yasser Arafat, who were waiting on the Palestinian side of the border to help Abu Khatla, 25, cross into Gaza.
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